BEIJING, Aug. 31 -- According to the consensus reached by the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus) Experts' Working Group (EWG) on Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA), the Chinese PLA Army will send a task force to Cambodia for the multinational joint demining operation code-named "Pure Homeland-2023" from the end of August to late September, said Senior Colonel Wu Qian, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, at a regular press conference on Thursday.
According to the spokesperson, it is a major event co-hosted by China and Cambodia as co-chairs of the ADMM-Plus EWG on HMA. This event is aimed at strengthening cooperation between member states and institutions, resolving regional mine problems, and contributing to the security and well-being of people in the region.
