Cambodia has asked Japan to continue training Cambodian peacekeeping troops deployed under the United Nation umbrella.
The request was made by H.E. Gen. Sem Sovanny, Director General of the National Centre for Peacekeeping Forces, Mines and Explosive Remnants of War Clearance (NPMEC) during his meeting with Colonel Ishihara Masanao, Japan’s Military Attaché to Cambodia here in Phnom Penh this week.
H.E. Gen. Sem Sovanny briefed Colonel Ishihara Masanao that since 2013, Japan has conducted 9 training courses for a total of 140 Cambodian peacekeepers in engineering and measurement skills.
Japan also provided the training of trainers virtually to five Cambodians during the COVID-19 and seven others went to get trained in Japan.
This year 2022 is the 30th anniversary of the Japan Self-Defence Forces’ participation in the peacekeeping operation (PKO) in Cambodi, he added.
The centre is getting ready at the Peacekeeping Operations school to host tripartite project (Japan, UN, and Cambodia) on Heavy Engineering Machinery Training 2024.
Colonel Ishihara Masanao accepted the request, and pledged to continue helping the centre to develop Cambodian peacekeeping human resources.
Source: Agency Kampuchea Press