Cambodia and Unesco sign an agreement to continue safeguarding Angkor Wat, with the next phase of funding and work to go towards the restoration works at the moat area.
Cambodia, UNESCO sign agreement to continue safeguarding Angkor Wat Temple
Xinhua, 06 Sep 2012
– The Government of Cambodia and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Thursday signed an agreement on safeguarding of the Angkor Wat Temple, one of the World Heritage sites.
The deal was inked between Sok An, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister in charge of the Council of Ministers, and Anne Lemaistre, UNESCO Representative to Cambodia.
The two-year phase II project will be focused on the restoration of an extension span of the moat embankment at the Angkor Wat Temple, said Rome University’s Professor Valter Maria Santoro, head of the Italian technical mission for stone consolidation in the temple.
Speaking after the signing ceremony, Sok An said that the second phase project will cost 250,000 U.S. dollars including 200, 000 U.S. dollars granted by Italian government and 50,000 U.S. dollars by Cambodian government.
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