Newly elected politburo member Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich (right) poses with others members of the Vietnam Communist Central Committee in January. AFP
PPP 2 Jun, 2016 Mech Dara
Defence Minister Tea Banh yesterday weighed in on the contentious South China Sea issue, saying it was up to claimants to resolve, following a meeting on military cooperation with his counterpart from Vietnam, which has aggressively disputed China’s actions in the sea.
The meeting was part of a two-day visit by Vietnamese Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich, who also met Prime Minister Hun Sen.
China made waves over the South China Sea dispute in April when it released a statementclaiming Cambodia – along with Laos and Brunei – had reached an agreement with Beijing that ASEAN should not be involved in settling the dispute.
Government spokesman Phay Siphan was quick to deny the reported agreement. However, Banh revived the matter yesterday.
“Cambodia has a clear stance; we want to encourage the conflicting parties to sit down and solve the issue among themselves,” he said. “Outsiders should not come in and mess things up.”
Xuan Lich’s visit comes just 12 days after Banh publicly declared the Kingdom’s close relationship with Vietnam an “obstacle” to the Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP).
CNRP spokesman Yim Sovann yesterday refused to be drawn on Banh’s comments.
“This is his own idea, his own consideration. But the army must be neutral,” Sovann said. “I think the CNRP do not consider anyone an enemy. When we’re in power, we’ll develop cooperation through mutual respect.”
4 comments:
Can Tea Baghn tell his debtor Hanoi not to get involved in Cambodia affairs ?
Can he ? Dare he ?
Ah mentally retarded Ta Banh should advice Hun Sen to stop being Yuon slave.
This Yuon slave Hun Sen is so determined than ever to destroy Khmer to please his master Yuon.
Sooner or later Ah Kwack Hun Sen will imprison the CNRP's members for eating lunch, for sleeping at night, or for taking shower, etc...
Everything that the CNRP's members do is illegal and must go to jail according to Ah Roleuy Hun Sen and this Yuon slave party CPP.
The CNRP, especially Sam Rainsy should know that Ah Sdach Ting Moung Sihamoni is Ah Kwack Hun Sen's puppet. And Ah Kwack Hun Sen is Yuon's puppet.
Sam Rainsy should not listen to his wife's advice because she has a close relation with Ah Sdach Ting Moung Sihamoni and Ah Sdach Prett Sihanouk.
Sam Rainsy must wake up and understand Khmer history. Sam Rainsy must stop touting Ah Prett Sihanouk and Ah Sdach Ting Moung Sihamoni.
Khmer Roleuy largely because of Ah Sihanouk's craziness with power.
I understand that Sam Rainsy has high education and has done a lot of good deeds but he must stop listening to his wife if he really wants to save Cambodia.
Chhary
អាញ់ឃើញរករុំលងមិនកើតទេ អាគេបាញ់អើយ និយាយដូចមិនដឹងអីសោះ សុំបងប្អូនមើលវាទៅ ចុះវាអាចទៅធ្វើអីទៅ បើស្រុកខ្មែរ យួន ពេញស្រុកទៅហើយវាមិនហ៊ានទាំងហាមាត់ផង អាគេបាញ់អើយបើមិននិយាយវាល្អជាង។
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