Ukrainian deminers are being trained by experts in Cambodia whose experience removing mines left over from decades of war has made them among the world’s best.
is using land mines in Ukraine “that are causing civilian casualties and suffering, as well as disrupting food production.”
Cambodia was littered with land mines and other unexploded ordnance after almost three decades of war ending in the late 1990s. An estimated 4 million to 6 million unexploded devices remain uncleared and continue to kill people. Cambodian deminers have become among the world’s most experienced, and several thousand have been sent in the past decade under U.N. auspices to work in Africa and the Middle East.in November to send Cambodian demining experts to help train their Ukrainian counterparts., a staging ground for much assistance to Ukraine, but Heng Ratana said Monday the number of deminers to be sent and their destination have not been finalized.
, condemned Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, saying “Cambodia is always against any country that invades another country.”
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