Cambodia and US resume search for Vietnam War dead

More than 40 American MIAs are still missing in Cambodia, according to the US embassy in Phnom Penh.

Cambodia and the United States are resuming their search for the remains of American servicemen killed during the Vietnam War after a one-year suspension was imposed by former prime minister Hun Sen amid deteriorating diplomatic relations.

The resumption also followed a meeting between Prime Minister Hun Manet and Ann Mills-Griffiths, chief executive officer for the League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia, which has backed the search program for the past 32 years.

“This is a humanitarian gesture and expresses deep sympathy for the families of missing American soldiers. Cambodia clearly divides humanitarian work from political issues,” she said in a statement released by the official Agence Kampuchea Presse.

In full: https://www.ucanews.com/news/cambodia-and-us-resume-search-for-vietnam-war-dead/104416

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