Japan’s Ambassador to Lebanon MAGOSHI Masayuki on Sept. 30 attended a handover ceremony for a landmine clearance project funded by the Government of Japan through the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects, and implemented by Handicap International (Humanity & Inclusion, HI).
The project, titled “The Clearance of Explosive Remnants of War in Mount Lebanon,” implemented in El Mechref village, Chouf District, Mount Lebanon, addressed the urgent threat of landmines and unexploded ordnance contaminating approximately 34,500 square meters of land adjacent to Rafik Hariri University and a water reservoir serving nearly 15,000 residents.
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Source: Arab News
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