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Cambodia Sends UN Peacekeepers to Lebanon

Cambodia Sends UN Peacekeepers to Lebanon
News.cgtn.com | Cambodia sent its seventh batch of troops to Lebanon for peacekeeping mission

Cambodia has dispatched 184 soldiers to a UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon to take over from Cambodia’s blue hat forces there.

A sending-off ceremony for the peacekeepers was held at the Phnom Penh Military Airbase on Thursday, attended by Defence Minister General Tea Banh, United Nations resident coordinator to Cambodia Claire Van der Vaeren as well as numerous military officials and family members of the peacekeepers.

Cambodian Peacekeepers depart for a UN mission in Lebanon. Image: Khmer Times
Cambodian Peacekeepers depart for a UN mission in Lebanon. Image: Khmer Times

As reported by Khmer Times, unit 963, the eighth military engineering unit to be deployed to Lebanon, will replace Unit 369 and will be tasked with improving military infrastructure in the country, General Banh said.

Gen Banh noted that the mission provided valuable opportunities for the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces to strengthen and enlarge its own capacity, as well as demonstrated Cambodia’s support for UN peacekeeping missions.

A send-off ceremony was held at the Pochentong Air Base in Phnom Penh. Image: news.cgtn.com
A send-off ceremony was held at the Pochentong Air Base in Phnom Penh. Image: news.cgtn.com

 

“This really reflects the significant contribution and the strong commitment of the Cambodian government,” Gen Banh said to Khmer Times.

He added that since 2006 Cambodia has sent almost 5,000 troops on UN peacekeeping missions to eight countries – Sudan, South Sudan, Chad, the CAR, Syria, Lebanon, Cyprus and Mali.

This makes Cambodia the third largest contributor to UN peacekeeping missions in ASEAN, Ms Van der Vaeren said.

 

Indah Gilang Pusparani

Indah is a researcher at Badan Perencanaan Pembangunan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Daerah Kota Cirebon (Regional Development Planning and Research Agency of Cirebon Municipality). She covers More international relations, tourism, and startups in Southeast Asia region and beyond. Indah graduated from MSc Development Administration and Planning from University College London, United Kingdom in 2015. She finished bachelor degree from International Relations from University of Indonesia in 2014, with two exchange programs in Political Science at National University of Singapore and New Media in Journalism at Ball State University, USA. She was awarded Diplomacy Award at Harvard World Model United Nations and named as Indonesian Gifted Researcher by Australian National University. She is Researcher at Regional Planning Board in Cirebon, West Java. She previously worked as Editor in Bening Communication, the Commonwealth Parliament Association UK, and diplomacy consulting firm Best Delegate LLC in USA. Less
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