Phnom Penh Post
By Vong Sokheng
Defence
Minister Tea Banh confirmed yesterday at an event at the Ministry of
Defence marking today’s 59th anniversary of Cambodia’s independence from
France that last month’s shipment of tanks and armoured personnel
carriers had come from Ukraine.
“I think 100 to 200 tanks is not
that many,” he said to reporters, noting that, nonetheless, “We have
full capacity for military operations to protect our territorial
sovereignty.
“But for this year’s celebration, we were sad and full of sorrow, grieving the passing of our King Father, Norodom Sihanouk.”
Meanwhile,
Prime Minister Hun Sen told 1,000 graduates at the National Institute
of Education that today’s ceremony would honour the King Father’s
memory.
“It is Independence Day, and also a commemoration day,” the premier said.
But
Information Minister Khieu Kanharith could not confirm whether King
Sihamoni would lay a wreath and light a torch inside the Independence
Monument as he usually does.
To contact the reporter on this story: Vong Sokheng at sokheng.vong@phnompenhpost.com
2 comments:
Khmer got poor/weak on defenses
needs strength our militaries might
RCAF needs more tanks, APC, long range artillery systems, up to date anti-tank missles, especially anti-air defense SAM systems, also better train personels to use these systems to its capabilities. Those who argued that money needs to put in reducing poverty first must know that " IF YOU BUILD A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE, ALL FURNITURES INSIDE AND IF YOU NEVER BUILD A FENCES THAN THIEVES WILL JUST WALK RIGHT IN STEAL EVERYTHING IN IT" Defense spending are necessaries to protect ourselves especially we had three clever thieves around us {#1= Vietnamese, #2= Thai, #3= Laotian} I just hoped that our military are not use to kill Khmers but instead use it to defend our territories integrity.
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