Cambodia is ready to deploy 101 new forces of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) to join the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic.
The news was shared by H.E. Gen. Sem Sovanny, Director General of the National Centre for Peacekeeping Forces (NPMEC) in a meeting here in Phnom Penh on Sept. 15.
Directors general, directors, experts and officials in divisions of the NPMEC participated in the meeting.
Since 2006, Cambodia has deployed more than 7,000 peacekeepers (over 500 of them are women) for 11 missions in nine countries: Sudan, South Sudan, Chad, the Central African Republic, Cyprus, Lebanon, Mali, Syria, and Yemen.
Almost 800 Cambodian blue helmet troops are currently fulfilling their missions in Lebanon, Sudan, South Sudan, Mali, and Central African Republic.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press