Cambodia, Ukraine pledge to strengthen cooperation at the Ottawa Convention


The First Vice-President of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) and also the President of the Ottawa Convention, Ly Thuch, chaired a meeting with the Committee on Cooperative Compliance and Ukraine with Yevheniia Filipenko, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations Office and other International Organisations in Geneva on Tuesday.

Thuch began by expressing his sincere appreciation to the Committee on Cooperative Compliance members, particularly Filipenko, and the other International Organisations in attendance.

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Source: Khmer Times


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