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Serious Cambodian FM to Vivian B: All's well, lah. Pinky always just talk cock.

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https://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/singapore-vietnam-06072019162453.html

Cambodia’s Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn said on Friday that he agreed with his Singaporean counterpart that the two Southeast Asian states remain “good neighbors” despite differing views over Vietnam’s role in Cambodia 40 years ago.

Sokhonn’s remarks came after he spoke with Singapore counterpart Vivian Balakrishnan discussed a flap over Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong remarks on May 31 recalling Vietnam’s January 1979 invasion that expelled the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime and decade-long occupation of Cambodia.

“Vivian said Lee Hsien Loong values the important relationship between Cambodia and Singapore and stated that he understand the suffering and pain of the people of Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge,” Sokhonn said in statement.

“The two ministers stated that even though the two countries have different perspectives on history but the two countries will be good neighbors and will keep good communications,” the Cambodian statement said. There were no related remarks from Singapore or on Balakrishnan's Facebook or Twitter pages.

The row flared up after Lee expressed condolences to Thailand over the death last month of former Thai Prime Minister General Prem Tinsulanonda, who led Thailand during the period of Vietnam’s control of Cambodia and joined a coalition of nations who fought to end Hanoi’s occupation.

“His time as PM coincided with the Asean members (then five of us) coming together to oppose Vietnam’s invasion of Cambodia and the Cambodian government that replaced the Khmer Rouge,” Lee wrote.

On Thursday, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen accused Lee of showing “support of the genocidal regime and the wish for its return to Cambodia.”

“His statement reveals to the Singaporean people and the world that leader of Singapore had indeed contributed to the massacre of Cambodian people,” Hun Sen wrote on Facebook.

The Vietnamese invasion occupation of Cambodia ended Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge regime, which terrorized Cambodia from 1975-79, killing almost a quarter of the population.

Over the last decade of the Cold War, Western countries and Asean states, wary of Vietnamese and Soviet inroads, backed a coalition of Cambodian resistance fighters, including elements of the deposed Khmer Rouge, which had close ties to China, a rival of Moscow and foe of Hanoi. China invaded Vietnam briefly in 1979 in a failed attempt to force Hanoi to withdraw from Cambodia.

Nearly a decade of fighting throughout the 1980s, coupled with economic sanctions and international isolation of Vietnam, pressed Hanoi to withdraw its troops from Cambodia and sign the October 1991 Paris Peace Accord.

Cambodian analysts said Lee’s remarks were factually correct, but also raised very sensitive issues for Hun Sen.

The Cambodian strongman was once a junior Khmer Rouge official, but fled the movement as it fell apart. He was installed as head of Vietnamese-controlled People's Republic of Kampuchea in 1985, and has ruled the country ever since, banning the country’s opposition party in 2017 to create a de facto one-party state.

Political commentator Meas Ny told RFA’s Khmer Service that “Lee’s comment is right based on history textbooks, but the Cambodian government claim is also right because there was genocide at that time, so it helped end the genocide.”

In an RFA call-in show discussing the controversy on Friday, Yung Heng, a student of foreign affairs, said “Hun Sen’s government is defending the Vietnamese government because it installed them to power.”

Reported by RFA’s Khmer Service. Translated by Samean Yun. Written by Paul Eckert.
 

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Right now,,,Cambodia is still a 3rd world cuntry and singkieland is much richer than cambo land,,,so no matter how,,for the sake of $$ and FDI,,,these 3rd world cuntries always have to come back to the table,,the problem is when these countries start being rich,,and singkieland reach its end of life,,,than will have a big problem,,,,
 

steffychun

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Right now,,,Cambodia is still a 3rd world cuntry and singkieland is much richer than cambo land,,,so no matter how,,for the sake of $$ and FDI,,,these 3rd world cuntries always have to come back to the table,,the problem is when these countries start being rich,,and singkieland reach its end of life,,,than will have a big problem,,,,

Or was there a threat by Sinkieland?
 

Semaj2357

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Right now,,,Cambodia is still a 3rd world cuntry and singkieland is much richer than cambo land,,,so no matter how,,for the sake of $$ and FDI,,,these 3rd world cuntries always have to come back to the table,,the problem is when these countries start being rich,,and singkieland reach its end of life,,,than will have a big problem,,,,
hanor, agreeing to disagree on differing viewpoints is a good sign, but the charlies did invade kampuki even if on the pretext of liberation and that doesn't change history. the tiongs (being wary of the ruskies then) taught the charlies a lesson by just penetrating only 2 inches deep instead of the full 4 inch monty - and that hunnysen and his party are no angels either. two wrongs doesn't make it / a right :rolleyes:
 

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hanor, agreeing to disagree on differing viewpoints is a good sign, but the charlies did invade kampuki even if on the pretext of liberation and that doesn't change history. the tiongs (being wary of the ruskies then) taught the charlies a lesson by just penetrating only 2 inches deep instead of the full 4 inch monty - and that hunnysen and his party are no angels either. two wrongs doesn't make it / a right :rolleyes:
In politics and international relations, the gray area is very big,,,and the Charlies did the right thing in getting rid of the Khamer Rouge. The ah tiongs were the one supporting the genocide bcos they were using the KR as a counter balace to the Viets and the Soviets. The Yanks were just finding any excuse to make things hard for the Charlies. The issue is Pinky as the PM has never taken responsibility for his fuck ups. This is a big fuckup and he should have kept quiet. The charlies had no intention of invading thailand etc,,,and the ah tiongs were loosers because they could not contain the viets and withdrew. The ah tiong land charlie invasion was stopped by the Viet army in Vietnam and no reinforcements were recalled from Cambodia. This just shows how weak the ah tiongs were.

Bottom line is the viet invasion was a better thing, and 2 wrongs dont make a right but it evens the scale
 

Semaj2357

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In politics and international relations, the gray area is very big,,,and the Charlies did the right thing in getting rid of the Khamer Rouge. The ah tiongs were the one supporting the genocide bcos they were using the KR as a counter balace to the Viets and the Soviets. The Yanks were just finding any excuse to make things hard for the Charlies. The issue is Pinky as the PM has never taken responsibility for his fuck ups. This is a big fuckup and he should have kept quiet. The charlies had no intention of invading thailand etc,,,and the ah tiongs were loosers because they could not contain the viets and withdrew. The ah tiong land charlie invasion was stopped by the Viet army in Vietnam and no reinforcements were recalled from Cambodia. This just shows how weak the ah tiongs were.

Bottom line is the viet invasion was a better thing, and 2 wrongs dont make a right but it evens the scale
Agree absolutely, it was definitely an invasion as the charlies had millions of kampukis flooding into their country and had to wipe out the khmer rougues before things got worse - and also that there was no love lost between the yanks and charlies. the tiongs who supported the kh, had wanted to teach charlie a lesson as well and I differ that the tiongs were weak. iirc, they told the charlies that it was time to behave!
 

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How much money have we been laundering for Hun Sen in return for sand ? And the secret medical treatments ? History is history no need to dwell on whether Vietnam invade or not.
 

mojito

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In politics and international relations, the gray area is very big,,,and the Charlies did the right thing in getting rid of the Khamer Rouge. The ah tiongs were the one supporting the genocide bcos they were using the KR as a counter balace to the Viets and the Soviets. The Yanks were just finding any excuse to make things hard for the Charlies. The issue is Pinky as the PM has never taken responsibility for his fuck ups. This is a big fuckup and he should have kept quiet. The charlies had no intention of invading thailand etc,,,and the ah tiongs were loosers because they could not contain the viets and withdrew. The ah tiong land charlie invasion was stopped by the Viet army in Vietnam and no reinforcements were recalled from Cambodia. This just shows how weak the ah tiongs were.

Bottom line is the viet invasion was a better thing, and 2 wrongs dont make a right but it evens the scale
Loong the soduko solving Prime Minister, senior wrangler and historian too. It not long ago Sham and WP give a show trial for Thum PJ. Can ask Sham is Loong fake new too? :eek:
 

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What PM Lee was true. I was one of the diplomats who yanked foreign ambassadors out of the toilet so that they voted against Vietnam's illegal invasion of Cambodia.
 

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