Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (R) meets with visiting Malaysian Minister of Defense Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, July, 28, 2011. (Xinhua/Sovannara)
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Tea Banh (2nd L) and visiting Malaysian Minister of Defense Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi review honour guards in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, July, 28, 2011. (Xinhua/Phearum)
PHNOM PENH, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia and Malaysia on Thursday pledged to strengthen military relations and cooperation in the framework of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Speaking during a meeting with Cambodian Minister of Defense Tea Banh, the visiting Malaysian Defense Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said his visit to Cambodia aims to seek Cambodia's support for Malaysian initiative to establish military industry in ASEAN in order to produce its own military equipment.
He also promised to accept more Cambodian military personnel to train in Malaysia.
At the mean time, Ahmad Zahid expressed support to the order of the International Court of Justice on July 18 asking Cambodia and Thailand to immediately withdraw their military personnel currently present in the provisional demilitarized zone around the area of Preah Vihear temple and ordering both parties to continue cooperating within ASEAN and allow appointed observers access to the provisional demilitarized zone.
"The ICJ's order has signaled a good sign of peace for Cambodia and Thailand on border conflict next to the Preah Vihear temple," he said. "It also brings peace to the whole region."
In response, Tea Banh said Cambodia fully supported Malaysian initiative for military industry and thanked Malaysia for constant assistance to Cambodian defense sector.
Later in the day, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi had also paid a courtesy call on Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Ahmad Zahid said during the visit, he had brought 10,200 copies of the holy Quran and 1,000 prayer mats to distribute to the Muslim community in Cambodia.
He arrived in Cambodia Wednesday for a three-day official visit to the country.
Editor: Yang Lina
4 comments:
dat rite! Cambodia and big brother Maylasia fully joint Military Strength..Oh shit! don't forget North Korea too...dang! Watch Out bitch!
11:22 AM, stop being a stupidass, dumbfuck. Malaysia wants to do research and develop its own weapon under the framework of ASEAN. It needs support from other ASEAN members to do this. This has nothing to do with Malaysia teaming up with Cambodia to build weapons to take down their enemies. Stop being such a happy-trigger. ASEAN spent billions of dollars buying weapons from America, Russia, China, and other countries. What a better way to divert that spending into researching and developing their own weapons at home. Isreal is doing it and sell its weapons well. Among ASEAN, Singapore and Malaysia are capable of researching and building their own weapons. This is probably a invitation by Malaysia to add Cambodia to its list of customers.
The above comment is very smart and knowledgeable. The only part that I would encourage to leave out is the cursing. This is very knowledgeable comment; this person is very educated. he/she is corrected that ASEAN spent billions to buy weapon from America, Russia, and China where we could reserch and develop our own and provide more jobs. I like the forward thinking leadership.
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