| Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Saturday, November 17, 2001 |
China Donates Mine-sweepers to Eritrea |
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A ceremony was held on Friday in the Eritrean capital city of Asmara, at which China donated a batch of mine-sweeping apparatus to Eritrea.
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A ceremony was held on Friday in the Eritrean capital city of Asmara, at which China donated a batch of mine-sweeping apparatus to Eritrea.
Chinese Ambassador to Eritrea Chen Zhanfu, Eritrean officials and Chinese military experts were present at the ceremony.
Officials from the Chinese embassy said that Chinese military experts will conduct personnel training for Eritrea and go on a fact-finding mission to learn about landmine conditions in the country.
The Chinese government has enhanced cooperation with relative international organizations and countries on landmine-sweeping over the past years. In 1999 and 2000, China hosted two mine- sweeping training programs in cooperation with relative agencies of the United Nations.
Last year, China donated 10,000 U.S. dollars to a U.N. fund for the sweeping of landmines. Since the beginning of this year, China has donated mine-sweeping apparatus to African countries including Ethiopia, Rwanda, Mozambique, Angola, Namibia and Eritrea.
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