PHNOM PENH, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia has established a special department within its Ministry of National Defense for politics and foreign affairs earlier this week, Chinese-language newspaper the Jian Hua Daily said on Sunday.
The department is obliged to watch and research the political side of the national defense, promote military cooperation with foreign countries, help process visas for the military force, and strengthen international, multi-national and bilateral security cooperation in the framework of the general policy of the government, said the paper.
It will have one director general and 4 vice directors, it added.
For 2009, the Ministry of National Defense has won about 160 million U.S. dollars of government allocation, a 29.6 percent rise over that of 2008, according to the national budget approved by the National Assembly in Dec. 2008.
| Editor: Bi Mingxin |
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