PM Hun Manet: Cambodia Will Unilaterally Submit Border Dispute to ICJ on June 15 If Thailand Refuses to Cooperate

FN : Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet announced that the Cambodia-Thailand Joint Border Committee (JBC) will convene tomorrow—marking the first meeting after a 12-year hiatus. Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet affirmed that Cambodia is awaiting Thailand’s official position at the upcoming JBC meeting on whether it will cooperate in bringing the four disputed areas to the…

Samdech Thipadei: Appreciate the Malaysian Prime Minister’s Attention to the Ongoing Situation at the Cambodia-Thailand Border

Facebook Page : Following a telephone conversation with the Malaysian Prime Minister, Samdech Thipadei posted on his Facebook page: “Earlier this evening, I had a telephone conversation with H.E. Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Malaysia. I congratulated H.E. Prime Minister for the successful hosting of the 46th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits, and thanked him…

Selected excerpts of remarks by Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the official inauguration of the academic, administrative, dormitory and experimental buildings and achievements in Ratanakiri Province [Unofficial translation of selected excerpts]

[1] (1) Ratanakiri had so much difficulties during the war and animosity period Let me thank HE Nhem Sam Oeun, Governor of Ratanakiri Province, for the report that the female and male citizens in the province have reached almost equal number […] I am happy to be back in Ratanakiri Province. This is the first…

Responses and explanations by Prime Minister Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet to the comments and questions from the Joint-session of the National Assembly and Senate on “agriculture”

First of all, I would like to thank for the many comments on this important topic. Sharing your views, experiences, and suggestions is an important input as well as a suggestion for the Royal Government to consider and take into account in preparing its assessment and policy framework. Before moving on to my intervention related…

The introductory note on the Cambodia-Thailand Border Issue of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet to the Joint Session of the National Assembly and the Senate regarding the Intervention on the “Social Protection System” [Unofficial translation]

Before delivering the speech at the Joint Session of the National Assembly and the Senate on the topic of “Informal Economy,” Prime Minister Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet gave introductory briefing on the border issue in the military region 4 which encompasses the provinces of Preah Vihear and Oddar Meanchey. [Start of introductory note on the…

Statement and response by Prime Minister Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet to the comments from the Joint Session of the National Assembly and the Senate on the implementation of the National Social Protection Program

Respected President of the AssemblyYour Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,Dear Members of the Assembly! Allow me to respond to the comments made by Your Excellency and Lok Chumteav, on the Royal Government’s social protection system, and also the participated clarifications and details from the Royal Government’s technical and policy departments. Before handing over the platform to…

Samdech Thipadei: “Cambodia Resolves Border Issues Peacefully but Reserves the Right to Defend Its Territorial Integrity in the Event of An Attempted Invasion by Military Force”

Facebook Page : Samdech Thipadei wrote on his official Facebook page: “After returning from overseas missions, today I met with our military leadership stationing at the border in order to hear their reports on the actual situation along the Cambodia-Thailand border.  As I have already stated, Cambodia firmly adheres to peaceful  resolution of border issues…