Tuesday, 23 March 2010

DAP News ; Breaking News by Soy Sopheap

via CAAI News Media

Cambodia, Malaysia Up Military Cooperation

Tuesday, 23 March 2010 02:57 DAP-NEWS

The Cambodian and Malaysian armies on Monday agreed to up cooperation, with Malaysia promising it will provide scholarships to Cambodian soldiers.

The agreement made during a meeting between Deputy Prime Minster Minster of Defense Tea Banh, Cambodian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Pol Saroeun, and the Malaysian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief during the Malaysians’ two-day visit to Cambodia.

A Cambodian military source told DAP News Cambodia that the two countries have agreed to improve cooperation on human trafficking, the drugs trade and terrorism.

The Malaysian chief commander will leave Cambodia today for Vietnam.

MAFF Monitoring Bird Flu

Tuesday, 23 March 2010 02:56 DAP-NEWS

The Cambodian Ministry of Agricul- ture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) is ready for Bird Flu after instituting a range of measures to prevent the disease, a MAFF official said on Monday.

“Controlling the H5N1 diseases has been practiced for many times but provincial officials still seem not to get it,” Kao Phal of the Production and Cure Department director said at a press conference at Phnom Penh Hotel on Monday. “They have not spotted cases and not informed the ministry quickly enough.”

The official asked provincial authorities to better report anything out of the ordinary, especially in border areas. Kao Phal urged local officials to monitor any birds in their area. “Some persons are allowed to import 20 pigs, but they import 40 pigs,” he added.

Son San, director of National Research Institution, said that H5N1 was recorded in Kampong Cham province at the end of December last year. In February, 2010, another outbreak was seen in Takeo.

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