Thai Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban (R) listens as Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen speaks during an inauguration ceremony of National Road 6, at Bakong commune in Siem Reap province, northwest of Phnom Penh July 4, 2009. National Road 6 runs from Siem Reap province to Anlong Veng district near the Cambodia-Thai border.
REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA POLITICS TRANSPORT BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION) Monday, 06 July 2009
SAM RITH
Phnom Penh Post
PRIME Minister Hun Sen has urged Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to speed up an agreement to fund the reconstruction of National Road 68 connecting Siem Reap with the town of O'Smach near the Thai border.
During the inauguration of National Road 67 in Siem Reap Saturday, Hun Sen said Thai Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban should remind Abhisit to speed up Thai financial assistance for the project.
"Ministers from both countries have already discussed it with each other. Suthep should explain to Abhisit that the project is moving forward and should urge him to sign an agreement as soon as possible," Hun Sen said. Suthep attended Saturday's inauguration ceremony.
Hun Sen said he spoke with Abhisit about the project to rebuild the national highway, which runs from O'Smach in Oddar Meanchey province to Kralanh in Siem Reap province, during the 14th ASEAN summit in Pattaya in April and again on June 12 during Abhisit's state visit to Cambodia. He said the rebuilt road, expected to cost an estimated US$41 million, would benefit both countries.
"In order to see the importance of the cooperation... bilateral trade between the two countries in 2008 was worth $1.7 billion," he said.
"This point shows the importance of the road ... [which will] make trade between the two countries easier."
He said all outstanding disagreements between the countries had to be resolved through peaceful negotiations, adding that he hoped the border situation would remain stable.
Thai roads
Tram Iv Tek, minister of Public Works and Transport, said National Road 67, spanning 131 kilometres between Anlong Veng and Siem Reap, had a price tag of $38 million, a sum loaned by the Thai government.
Another Thai-funded highway, the 150-kilometre-long National Road 48 from Koh Kong to Sre Ambel in Koh Kong province, was officially inaugurated for public use last year.
SAM RITH
Phnom Penh Post
PRIME Minister Hun Sen has urged Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to speed up an agreement to fund the reconstruction of National Road 68 connecting Siem Reap with the town of O'Smach near the Thai border.
During the inauguration of National Road 67 in Siem Reap Saturday, Hun Sen said Thai Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban should remind Abhisit to speed up Thai financial assistance for the project.
"Ministers from both countries have already discussed it with each other. Suthep should explain to Abhisit that the project is moving forward and should urge him to sign an agreement as soon as possible," Hun Sen said. Suthep attended Saturday's inauguration ceremony.
Hun Sen said he spoke with Abhisit about the project to rebuild the national highway, which runs from O'Smach in Oddar Meanchey province to Kralanh in Siem Reap province, during the 14th ASEAN summit in Pattaya in April and again on June 12 during Abhisit's state visit to Cambodia. He said the rebuilt road, expected to cost an estimated US$41 million, would benefit both countries.
"In order to see the importance of the cooperation... bilateral trade between the two countries in 2008 was worth $1.7 billion," he said.
"This point shows the importance of the road ... [which will] make trade between the two countries easier."
He said all outstanding disagreements between the countries had to be resolved through peaceful negotiations, adding that he hoped the border situation would remain stable.
Thai roads
Tram Iv Tek, minister of Public Works and Transport, said National Road 67, spanning 131 kilometres between Anlong Veng and Siem Reap, had a price tag of $38 million, a sum loaned by the Thai government.
Another Thai-funded highway, the 150-kilometre-long National Road 48 from Koh Kong to Sre Ambel in Koh Kong province, was officially inaugurated for public use last year.
3 comments:
Dear Cambodia,
Where is your pride my dear Country ? Begging the money from the so-called "invader" to build your road infrastructure...Selling Angkor wat concession to a vietnames migrant for 99 years...and now again you are chosing your boss airline company, VietName Airlines, to be your principal partner of your future Sate-owned airline, Cambodia Angkor Airline.
I am ashamed of you, Cambodia.
You WERE, ARE, alway will be dominated by VietName & Thailand.
True, Hun Sen has no pride. He has compromised our national sovereignty and territorial integrity by begging for assistance from our "invaders" at a time Cambodia and Thailand face war over disputed borders.
Hun Sen is a weak leader who is clueless and has no idea how to solve our border problems. One day he threatens Thailand with war, the next day he begs them for money. Is he mad? These contradictory messages to the Thais is a sign that he is a man of no idea. So his future threats will not be taken seriously by the Thais. They don't give a shit about him because the Thais think that Hun Sen is stupid.
one eyed begging hyena
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