Phnom Penh: On August 10, 2026, Dr. Ly Thuc, Senior Minister and First Deputy Chairman of the Cambodian Mine Action Authority, received Mr. Thomas Lammar, Chargé d’Affaires of the Luxembourg Embassy in Laos in charge of development cooperation for the Kingdom of Cambodia, to pay a courtesy call and discuss work on strengthening partnership and cooperation between Cambodia and Luxembourg, especially support for humanitarian mine action in Cambodia.
During this meeting, Dr. Ly Thuc highly valued the friendship and good diplomatic relations between Cambodia and Luxembourg, and thanked and highly appreciated the Royal Government and people of Luxembourg for their significant contribution in supporting Cambodia’s efforts to address the problem of mines and explosive remnants of war through supporting the “Mine Clearance for Results” project.
He stressed that Luxembourg’s support is not only a charitable mine clearance, but also contributes to disaster reduction, poverty reduction, socio-economic development and improving the livelihoods of people in previously affected areas.
On that occasion, while highlighting the achievements in the field of mine action over the past 30 years, the Senior Minister also highlighted the challenges and negative impacts along the Cambodian-Thai border due to the use of all types of heavy weapons by the Thai military, especially cluster munitions, which are left on Cambodian territory in large numbers, and which require the Royal Government of Cambodia to urgently address, requiring additional resources and a long period of time.
He further stated that the Royal Government, under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Hun Sen, continues to pay high attention and has prepared a national policy on mine action. 2026-20235, setting clear goals for dealing with explosive ordnance, towards a Cambodia free from the impact of explosive ordnance.
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