July 18, 2010
Source: Xinhua
A top Cambodian minister said on Saturday that Cambodia is ready to send 150 military engineers along with another 50 de-miners, as part of the U.N. request, to assist U.N. operation in Lebanon.
Prak Sokhon, deputy minister of the Council of Ministers and also Chairman for national committee in charges of sending Cambodian troops for U.N. peace keeping operation, told reporters that the group will leave for Lebanon in October this year.
"They will help Lebanese to build bridges, roads and buildings, " Prak Sokhon said on the same day as Cambodia hosted a large- scale peacekeeping drill with participation of more than 700 military personnel from 24 countries.
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