Sources: Deum Ampil and everyday.com.kh
Reported in English by Khmerization
Brunei ambassador to Cambodia confirmed that his country will purchase 1,500 tons of rice from Cambodia for the first time.
Mr. Pengiran Haji Ismail, the Brunei ambassador to Cambodia, told Deputy PM Sok An during a meeting on the morning of 11th August that Brunei has decided to buy 1,500 tons of rice yearly from Cambodia.
He said other agricultural products, such as durians and mangoes can also be imported. The ambassador is reported to have said that Cambodian fruits are tasty and of high quality that can substitute the fruits from Thailand.
Another topics discussed during the meeting was the border conflicts with Thailand. According to Deum Ampil, Mr. Sok An was reported to have provided the ambassador with many documents related to Preah Vihear and maps related to the verdict of the International Court in 1962 which granted the ownership of the temple to Cambodia.
It is not clear why the ambassador was provided with the Preah Vihear documents and maps.
At the same time, Sok An and the Brunei ambassador also discussed about cooperation in trade, oil and gas and direct flights from Brunei.
Reported in English by Khmerization
Brunei ambassador to Cambodia confirmed that his country will purchase 1,500 tons of rice from Cambodia for the first time.
Mr. Pengiran Haji Ismail, the Brunei ambassador to Cambodia, told Deputy PM Sok An during a meeting on the morning of 11th August that Brunei has decided to buy 1,500 tons of rice yearly from Cambodia.
He said other agricultural products, such as durians and mangoes can also be imported. The ambassador is reported to have said that Cambodian fruits are tasty and of high quality that can substitute the fruits from Thailand.
Another topics discussed during the meeting was the border conflicts with Thailand. According to Deum Ampil, Mr. Sok An was reported to have provided the ambassador with many documents related to Preah Vihear and maps related to the verdict of the International Court in 1962 which granted the ownership of the temple to Cambodia.
It is not clear why the ambassador was provided with the Preah Vihear documents and maps.
At the same time, Sok An and the Brunei ambassador also discussed about cooperation in trade, oil and gas and direct flights from Brunei.
8 comments:
Good news for our Khmer farmers. Brunei is a small country, but it's better than nothing. It would be good if a big country like Indonesia, with about 180 million population, will buy our agricultural products.
Bravo!!!! Brunei. Yes sir, durian, mangoes, coconuts, and many other tropical fruits taste sweeter and richer. Most Cambodian fruit farmers perfered non-chemical and relying mainly on nature to take its course. No quick easy-fast farming, chemically saturated for quick harvesting for mass-market consumtion here, no sir..patience is a virture. This method contribute to making fruits in Cambodia taste different, assuming better than the neighbors. Aside from the growing method, it it also the soil.
Cambodia situated at a lower basin, like a bowl. Some millions years ago, todays Cambodia and Kampuchea Krom(south Vietnam)were bays connected to modern day South China Sea and modern day Gulf of Thailand. Tunlay Sapp(fresh water lake), Southeast Asia largest lake one time was a salt water lake/bay. As water receded, rich nutrients from mountains carried down by river and stream deposited there which make soil fertile for farming. This is why Cambodia neighbor use every opportunity to obtain this part of the territory. Vietnam gained the largest fertile land by grabbing Kampuchea Krom(south Vietnam).
dawmn yuon thief.
As many as 30,000 people have been evicted from their land or are under threat of being evicted. Many Cambodians lack essential food on which to live and land upon which to farm to grow food for their livelihoods. Many former farmers are now contracted to foreign 'agricultural firms' doomed to poor wages as day labourers working someone else's land, poor working standards with employment at the mercy of market forces.
Ask yourself some questions: Who is going to benefit by sending food overseas, Cambodians, the Cambodian government or foreign populations? Are Cambodians going to have more food to eat or less in the future? Will Cambodians gain access to more fertile land to farm privately for themselves so they don't have to work for foeign companies? Why are these foreign governments so interested in Cambodian food? Do they know something that the Cambodian government isn't telling the people? What happens when climate change affects Cambodia? Will we be able to buy 'food' (that is lease land in other countries to grow food for us)? Why is the Cambodian government so interested in AgriColonialism (giving of control of your national territory to a foreign government)? Why do the Cambodians see giving their food to other countries as good but disputes over borders as bad? This is the same thing but with different jargon. Don't believe the propaganda.
Sorry but this was incorrect information. One of the so-called sources never even met or talked to the reporter of this article. The Brunei Ambassador did NOT ink any agreement with Cambodia's HE Sok An. From 'everyday.com.kh'
3:33PM you're mixing and matching things and creating nonsense jargons. Are you trying to say that Cambodia should not export its food products, just keep them to feed its populations and just leave the exporting to Thailand and Vietnam? And what does border dispute had anything to do with good farming land in Cambodia?
If Cambodian people ever starved, it was the people with guns and power that tell Cambodian people not to farm. With a small populations, Cambodia is very capable of growing enough food to feed itself and sell some. The government involement of robbing people lands for foreign interest is what keep Cambodian people not getting enough to eat. It's all coming down to the government whose interest is to favor the foreign companies with little regard for people rights of land ownership.
15 August 2009 8:08 PM, thanks for your comments, but I hope you can perhaps specifically point out which part of the information is incorrect.
The Borneo Bulletin, published in Brunei itself had this to say: "Cambodia reached an agreement on Tuesday with Brunei Darussalam to export 1,500 tonnes of prime-grade milled rice, an official confirmed Wednesday.
According to the spokesman for the Council of Ministers, Phay Siphan, the deal was struck between Brunei Ambassador Pengiran Haji Ismail and Deputy Prime Minister Sok An, but declined to provide details of the agreement, The Phnom Penh Post reported."
Check the article at: http://khmerization.blogspot.com/2009/08/cambodia-to-export-rice-to-brunei.html
this so-called "misinformed" information brought on by 8:08PM is only the work of ah satt Youn. the bastard doesn't want to see cambodia making any export deal with anyone.any news report for the greater good of cambodia, the bastard will try to tarnish it. the bastard is very fearful of cambodia becoming a richer and stronger neighbor.
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