TWO hundred Royal Cambodian Armed Forces deminers are set to leave for Lebanon on November 17, following the advanced deployment of 21 RCAF engineers earlier this week. General Chhum Socheat, spokesman for the Ministry of National Defence, said the troops will support a UN peacekeeping mission by building roads, bridges and buildings, as well as by clearing mines.
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Government denies claims former Thai PM Yingluck issued Cambodian passportGovernment officials on Thursday denied claims that a Cambodian passport was issued to former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who reportedly used it to register a company in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong-based English language South China Morning Post (SCMP) on Wednesday reported Hong Kong
Diplomatic passports issued to foreigners to be annulled The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation will move to annul diplomatic passports issued to those not born in Cambodia. Analysts say the move may be in relation to reports that former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra used a Cambodian passport to register as
Hun Sen warns Irish MP of EBA ‘mistake’Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday told former Irish premier Enda Kenny, still a member of the EU nation’s parliament, that the 28-nation bloc should not make a “third mistake” regarding Cambodia by using the preferential Everything But Arms (EBA) agreement to “take 16 million
US senators call for GSP trade privilege cut Two US senators on Wednesday introduced the Cambodian Trade Act of 2019 bill, requiring the administration to re-examine Cambodia’s eligibility to access the preferential trade treatment granted by the US under the General System of Preferences (GSP). A Cambodian government spokesman said the move was