(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 30. Cooperation
between Azerbaijan and Cambodia is expanding in the field of
combating mine threats, Trend reports.
According to the information, a delegation headed by the
Chairman of the Board of the Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan
for Mine Action (ANAMA) Vugar Suleymanov visited the Kingdom of
Cambodia.
The ANAMA delegation held meetings with the Vice President of
the Cambodian Mine Action and Assistance Agency (CMAA) Prum
Sophakmokol and Executive Director Ly Panharith, as well as the
Director General of the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) Heng
Ratana.
The meetings discussed the exchange of experience in combating
the mine threat, prospects for further cooperation, methodologies
used in demining, and opportunities for training.
Meanwhile, a meeting was held with the Deputy State Secretary of
the ASEAN Mine Action Department of the Cambodian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ke Sovann. During
the meeting, the sides informed about the scale of mine threat
faced by Azerbaijan and Cambodia, which are among the countries
most contaminated with mines and other explosive remnants of war,
and exchanged views on the possibilities of bilateral cooperation
in this field in the future.
Azerbaijan's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to
Vietnam and Cambodia, Shovgi Mehdizade, also took part in the
meetings.
Within the framework of the visit, the ANAMA delegation visited
the CMAC training center to get acquainted with training
opportunities, methods, and means of training, as well as to study
Cambodia's experience in this field.
The delegation also visited one of the most mine-contaminated
regions of Cambodia, Siem Reap province, where they familiarized
themselves with the demining operations conducted by CMAC, manual
demining, the activities of mine detection dogs and rats, as well
as the tools and equipment used.
The exchange of experience in this field with countries in
Southeast Asia that have faced mine and other threats from
explosive remnants of war and have many years of experience in
dealing with this threat will contribute positively to ANAMA's
future activities.
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