Cambodia: Japan provides nearly $11 mil for mine action activities


Cambodia and Japan this morning jointly signed an agreement to provide grant financing for projects related to Cambodia’s mine action activities.

The signing ceremony was held at the Ministry of Economy and Finance in the grant agreement and related documents for the implementation of the project provided to the government to support the CMAC on two projects with a total grant of 1.466 million yen, approximately nearly $11 million, and projects to support two other ministries, totalling four projects..

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Source: Khmer Times


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