Cambodia to send deminers to help train Ukrainians

By Associated Press

Nov 04, 2022 12:11 am

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has agreed to send deminers to help train Ukrainians in clearing land mines planted by Russian forces during their invasion, the Southeast Asian country's Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday.

Hun Sen made the commitment to send trainers, in collaboration with Japan, during a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday, the ministry said in a statement.

A Cambodian demining expert works at a clearance site of land mines near the Cambodia-Thailand border in Pailin province — once a Khmer Rouge stronghold — in northwestern Cambodia on Nov. 27, 2011. AP FILE PHOTO

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