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Cambodia sends 6th batch of troops to Lebanon for UN peacekeeping mission


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INTERNATIONAL - FAMAGUSTA GAZETTE
Saturday, 02 January, 2016
Cambodia dispatched the sixth batch of 184 peacekeepers to Lebanon on Saturday to replace the fifth group, whose one-year United Nations peacekeeping mission in that country has ended.

The military engineering group will carry out their duties by clearing landmines, constructing roads, bridges, shelters and defense posts, and providing medical treatment to Lebanese civilians.

"It marks the 10th year that Cambodia has sent peacekeepers to war-torn countries," Gen. Sem Sovanny, director-general of the Cambodian National Center for Peacekeeping Force, said during the sending-off ceremony at the Phnom Penh International Airport.

He said since 2006, the Southeast Asian country has dispatched 3,372 troops, including 108 females, to join UN peacekeeping operations in Sudan, South Sudan, Chad, Central African Republic, Lebanon, Mali, Syria and Cyprus.

(Xinhua)

source : http://famagusta-gazette.com/cambodia-sends-th-batch-of-troops-to-lebanon-for-un-peacekeeping-mission-p31898-69.htm

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