Foreign Minister Hor Namhong has unleashed his pit bull terriers, or to be exact, his sharp-tongued children, Ambassadors Hor Nambora and Hor Monirath (pictured below), to bite whoever are standing in their ways.
By HOR MONIRATH
Ambassador of Cambodia to Japan
The Japan Times, Tokyo
A week after the 45th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting
(AMM) on July 9-13 in Phnom Penh, which ended without the issuance of
ASEAN's traditional Joint Communique, the ASEAN Foreign Ministers agreed
on ASEAN's Six-Point Principles to deal with the South China Sea issue.
The Statement of ASEAN Foreign Ministers on ASEAN's Six-Point
Principles on the South China Sea was issued on July 20.
However, we have noted with deep disappointment
that during the last two weeks, there has been a lot of media attention
across the region (including The Japan Times July 21 editorial "Divisions serve to weaken ASEAN") that has turned the issue into a polemic.
Critically, some media have gone as far as to try
to paint a bleak picture of Cambodia's Chairmanship of the Association
of Southeast Asian Nations. As Chair of ASEAN, while deeply regretting
the nonissuance of the Joint Communique, the Embassy wishes to clarify
Cambodia's view and position:
● Over the past 45 years, it was the first time
that two ASEAN member states had "hijacked" the AMM by making the
inclusion of a direct reference to their bilateral disputes in the South
China Sea as a sine qua non for their endorsement of the 45th AMM's Joint Communique.
● Of the more than 130 key points in the Joint
Communique, there was only one point on which the ASEAN Foreign
Ministers could not reach consensus. It should be noted that Cambodia's
proposal was accepted by all ASEAN Foreign Ministers, except by the two
ASEAN member states having bilateral territorial disputes in the South
China Sea.
● Cambodia's position of principle is that ASEAN
should not take sides. As a matter of practice, the Joint Communique of
the previous AMM only mentioned the issue of the South China Sea in
general, and made no reference to any specific islands or areas in the
South China Sea.
● The AMM is not a court that can rule against or in favor of anybody in relation to bilateral disputes.
● As the ASEAN Chair, and as it is the role of
the Chair of any meeting, Cambodia tried to prevent the dispute from
further flaring up and to avoid adding fuel to the fire. Cambodia's
intention is to leave the door open for future talks by the countries
concerned.
● The assertion that Cambodia's loyalty has been
"bought" by China in relation to the South China Sea issue is
intellectually ludicrous. If the position taken by Cambodia is seen as
having been "bought" by a larger nation, then could the same be said of
the position taken by other sovereign states if it appears to be in line
with that of a more powerful nation?
Cambodia is only trying to be neutral in
bilateral disputes. If Cambodia is seen as a "paid proxy" for receiving
large investments from a foreign country, then the same could be said of
other countries that receive large investments from foreign countries.
The Embassy wishes to draw readers' attention to
the fact that the Statement of ASEAN Foreign Ministers on ASEAN's
Six-Point Principles on the South China Sea makes no direct reference to
any bilateral dispute, and that the position expressed in the Statement
is the same as that which Cambodia had proposed during several
restricted meetings but which were flatly rejected by the two ASEAN
members with bilateral disputes in the South China Sea.
This makes one wonder whether there was a plan to
sabotage the 45th AMM and put the blame on the ASEAN Chair when the
same position put forth by the latter was not accepted by the two
countries. The Embassy hopes that this clarification helps readers
understand the root cause of this complicated issue.
The opinions expressed in
this letter to the editor are the writer's own and do not necessarily
reflect the policies of The Japan Times.
6 comments:
Lets it dies out Dumb's fucker!!!! Stop picking an old wound,let it health....What are you trying to prove!? Nepotism's families of yours?
And another ambassador has come out with a written statement. Barking and whistling from the distance. You'll never hear these wacko ambassador say any anything in front of cameras or another high representatives from another country. All they can do is suppress their own weak and poor people. And yes, as a member of ASEAN you are always suppose to side with each other to give you more political clout. And yes Cambodia and intellectual country know you are bought badly. And yes other countries are bought too but the difference between your country and others is you and your cronies stand to gain wealth and not for the country.
Ranting over
The End.
Let it go....It will dies out,stop adding fuel into fire,it will speads and probably will burns your ass.These ambassadors were so childish than I previously thought.How in the hell they get diplomacy's position!? Please grow up! You're represent Cambodia,you're not a kid anymore,please don't act like a kid.
Kmenhwatt.
They got the job because they are the sons of foreign minister Hor Namhong.
Nepotism!? That's right! Nepotism.....That is how they got position as ambassador.Don't have to be smarted to be ambassador in Kamuphea on Hun sen regime.Bad for Kamuphea to have these ambassadors were so stupid.
All you Khmer that criticized in this post are not Khmer. You are Vietnamese agent pretended to be Khmer. You do not support Khmer. You are destroying Khmer with your anti comments everyday. If you are a true Khmer, why don't you show some support for Khmer government if the government did something rightfully in this case with ASEAN for not taking side.
So, stop destroy Khmer(Cambodia) and learn from our destructive past. I lose alot of my family during Pol Pot regime. I was there as well. I don't know about any of you. If you have been there as well, then you all should stop attacking Khmer goverment and support the government if the government did something right. If the government did something wrong, then I have no dispute of what your are complaining. But if the government did something rightfully, then it is very wrong for all of you continue to attack the government.
Remember, Cambodia is sick and tired of killing each other for so many year. Today is peaceful time and you all should be proud to joint with everyone to rebuild the country in a peaceful manner.
Again, Cambodia is not and will not be like the Middle East. Arab Spring is different. Cambodia Spring will never happen and only a few ignorants who continue to criticize for something that the government did is right.
So, be open mind and do not be so close mind. Remember, to win and to change it take time and to be friend and to rebuild in a prosperity way.
So, good luck and don't get mad at me for saying this. I know us khmer a so good at getting violent to get even. There's a better way to be more open mind and get a clear big picture of where we are heading as Khmer and how far we have been rebuild. If some people like Pol Pot and the rest did start something like you are doing right now, my alot of my family would have been taken with mass murder during the 1977.
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