Overview

Chinese Government donates landmine detectors and experts

Commitment Year•2009Country of Activity•EgyptDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•EgyptSector•Government And Civil SocietyFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2009

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Egypt

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Egyptian Ministry of Defense and Military Production

Loan desecription

Chinese Government donates landmine detectors and experts

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In January 2009, the Chinese Government donated 70 sets of landmine detectors and accessories to Egypt in order to detect land mines and unexploded ordinances. Four Chinese experts were also dispatched to Egypt to train local mine-sweepers. The Chinese Government also reportedly donated mine-sweeping technology.

Staff comments

Some 16.7 million landmines and unexploded ordnance were left in the north African battlefield after World War II.