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on the afternoon of september 26, the ministry of national defense held a regular press conference, and colonel zhang xiaogang, deputy director of the information bureau of the ministry of national defense and spokesman of the ministry of national defense, answered questions from reporters.

reporter:it is reported that the chinese military recently held mine clearance training courses for cambodia and laos. please give us more details.

zhang xiaogang:from july 1 to september 27, the chinese people's liberation army army engineering university held a mine clearance training course for cambodia and laos. senior delegations from cambodia and laos, as well as representatives from international organizations such as the united nations mine action service, the international committee of the red cross, and the asean regional mine action center attended the graduation ceremony and spoke highly of the mine clearance training and graduation exercises.

cambodia and laos are among the regions with the most serious landmine problems in the world. the chinese military attaches great importance to international cooperation in the field of mine clearance, and regards humanitarian mine clearance cooperation and assistance as an important measure to promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind and implement the global security initiative. so far, it has trained more than 700 mine clearance professionals for more than 20 countries for more than 20 years, and has sent mine clearance expert groups to conduct field teaching abroad many times. the chinese military will continue to strengthen pragmatic cooperation with the armed forces of relevant countries in the region and make new contributions to the international humanitarian mine clearance cause.

source: ministry of national defense website editor-in-charge: he shuyin