Colombia requests demining training by Cambodia continue until 2025
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(Phnom Penh Post) The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) trains 15 Colombian deminers to increase their knowledge and operational management skills. CMAC
Japan requested that the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) continue to provide mine clearance training to Colombian deminers for another three years from 2023 to 2025. The request originated with Colombia as they wished to continue the training programme.
CMAC director general Heng Ratana said in June that the government of Japan – through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) – had funded a CMAC programme to strengthen the capacity and skills of Colombian deminers while sharing insights from Cambodia’s long history of dealing with the problem of landmines and unexploded ordnance.
