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The Vietnamese and Cambodian governments have joined
together to celebrate the inauguration of a border marker between the
two countries.
The official marking of the border comes as the two countries commemorate 45 years of diplomatic relations.
Cambodia's
Prime Minister Hun Sen said at the ceremony he wanted the border to
become "a mechanism of good friendship forever", while Vietnam's Prime
Minister Nguyen Tan Dung
reportedly said the event marked a joint
success of the two nations in building a borderline of peace,
friendship and co-operation for development.
While the official
ceremony was accompanied by a joint celebration at the new border, some
Cambodian groups are opposed to the move.
Lowy Institute visiting
fellow Dr Milton Osborne says acknowledgement of the border with Vietnam
has traditionally been a sore point between the Cambodian government
and opposition.
"The issue goes back even before the period of
French colonialism, where Cambodia has over the centuries consistently
lost land both to Vietnam and to the Thais," Dr Osborne told Radio
Australia's Connect Asia program.
"Deeply ingrained within many Cambodians is a view that Vietnam is continuing to occupy territory which once was Cambodian."
The low-lying Mekong Delta region in southern Vietnam is often referred to as "Lower Cambodia" by Cambodian nationalists.
Dr
Osborne believes the border marking signifies an important step towards
both Cambodian and Vietnamese friendship and future demarcation of
marine borders.
Cambodia and Vietnam fought a series of full scale battles in the late 1970s after the Vietnam War ended.
Vietnamese forces occupied Cambodia (formerly Kampuchea) after the fall of the Khmer Rouge.
4 comments:
Lop...lop lop Ah lop...kbott jeat.
All those whose died trying to protect khmer's land were died in vain? Those patriotism fought the war for nothing, Hunsen signed treaty without fight to give land to yuon land swap for power as pm for life with yuon protection to stealing,to kils,all khmers whose are in his way.
I wish in next life, I won't be born as Khmer because to be Khmer, I
1. Must Acknowledge the lands cedes to other foreign countries.
2. Will pay the debts that I have never borrowed in the future.
3. I must live unequally to foreigners on my own territory.
4. I must do corruption like those hell people to make a living.
Is it suffered enough to be not born as Khmer, isn't it?
I wish in next life, I won't be born as Khmer because to be Khmer, I
1. Must Acknowledge the lands cedes to other foreign countries.
2. Will pay the debts that I have never borrowed in the future.
3. I must live unequally to foreigners on my own territory.
4. I must do corruption like those hell people to make a living.
Is it suffered enough for us to be born as Khmer, isn't it?
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