More than 150 Cambodian deminers were sent to Sudan in April 2006.PHNOM PENH, Jan. 27, 2010 (Xinhua News Agency) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has rejected to send his troops to Iraq and Afghanistan, saying human lives are lost almost every day in those two countries.
Hun Sen's rejection was made on Wednesday as a response to the information that his country was asked to send, if possible, 1,000 of its troops as land deminers to Afghanistan.
In reply, Hun Sen said "We will not send any Cambodian armed forces even in the form of the United Nations Mission to Iraq and Afghanistan."
"Human lives are lost almost everyday in Iraq and Afghanistan," he said at the ground breaking ceremony of National Road No. 62 renovation, donated by China, in Cambodia's central province of Kampong Thom.
He also said Cambodian, who went through more than 30 years of war which just ended in 1998, should enjoy peace and prosperity at home rather than being risked lives in other war-torn nations.
"I have never wanted to see any Cambodian to die there," he told the crowd of villagers and officials who attended the ceremony.
Hun Sen, however, said his country has instead sent hundreds of armed forces under the name of the UN peace keeping operation and as deminers to several countries, but not to Iraq and Afghanistan.
According to the government's data, Cambodia has sent its troops to Chat, Central Africa and Sudan.
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Cambodia won't send troops to Afghanistan, Iraq
Associated Press
Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday he will not send peacekeeping troops to Afghanistan and Iraq.
Hun Sen said some countries, which he did not name, had requested 1,000 Cambodian de-miners be deployed to Afghanistan.
"I will not send Cambodian sons to die in those two countries," he said in remarks at the groundbreaking for a new road in the central province of Kampong Thom. "The Cambodian people have seen enough war and suffered enough casualties from land mines."
Cambodia was wracked by almost three decades of war and unrest after a 1970 military coup and became one of the most heavily mined countries in the world. It has trained a large corps of skilled de-miners.
In April 2006, Cambodia sent 135 soldiers to help U.N. peacekeepers clear mines in war-torn Sudan. Hun Sen, however, rejected requests from the U.S. to deploy Cambodian troops to Iraq that same year. He said he questioned the overall legitimacy of the war in Iraq and that it was too dangerous for Cambodians to operate there.
In early 2009, Cambodia sent several dozen troops to Chad and the Central African Republic.
Hun Sen's rejection was made on Wednesday as a response to the information that his country was asked to send, if possible, 1,000 of its troops as land deminers to Afghanistan.
In reply, Hun Sen said "We will not send any Cambodian armed forces even in the form of the United Nations Mission to Iraq and Afghanistan."
"Human lives are lost almost everyday in Iraq and Afghanistan," he said at the ground breaking ceremony of National Road No. 62 renovation, donated by China, in Cambodia's central province of Kampong Thom.
He also said Cambodian, who went through more than 30 years of war which just ended in 1998, should enjoy peace and prosperity at home rather than being risked lives in other war-torn nations.
"I have never wanted to see any Cambodian to die there," he told the crowd of villagers and officials who attended the ceremony.
Hun Sen, however, said his country has instead sent hundreds of armed forces under the name of the UN peace keeping operation and as deminers to several countries, but not to Iraq and Afghanistan.
According to the government's data, Cambodia has sent its troops to Chat, Central Africa and Sudan.
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Cambodia won't send troops to Afghanistan, Iraq
Associated Press
Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday he will not send peacekeeping troops to Afghanistan and Iraq.
Hun Sen said some countries, which he did not name, had requested 1,000 Cambodian de-miners be deployed to Afghanistan.
"I will not send Cambodian sons to die in those two countries," he said in remarks at the groundbreaking for a new road in the central province of Kampong Thom. "The Cambodian people have seen enough war and suffered enough casualties from land mines."
Cambodia was wracked by almost three decades of war and unrest after a 1970 military coup and became one of the most heavily mined countries in the world. It has trained a large corps of skilled de-miners.
In April 2006, Cambodia sent 135 soldiers to help U.N. peacekeepers clear mines in war-torn Sudan. Hun Sen, however, rejected requests from the U.S. to deploy Cambodian troops to Iraq that same year. He said he questioned the overall legitimacy of the war in Iraq and that it was too dangerous for Cambodians to operate there.
In early 2009, Cambodia sent several dozen troops to Chad and the Central African Republic.
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