That message, along with a number of ensuing notes, have gone ignored, said Var Kimhong, the minister in charge of border affairs. [Oh, poor you!]“I have told Vietnam many times during previous meetings and we recently sent a diplomatic note to protest against the construction,” he said. “We asked them to stop, but they did not listen to us.”“Please tell me, if they don’t stop, what can we do?” the minister added. “Do you want Cambodia to start a war with Vietnam to stop the construction?” [Uh, there's the ICJ, the Paris Peace mechanisms, end the puppetry with legitimate elections...]
Vietnam Won’t Stop Border Building, Minister Says
Cambodia Daily | 31 October 2016
Despite numerous requests to stop building a military post in a
contested area along the Cambodia-Vietnam border, Hanoi has refused to
oblige, leading Cambodia’s border chief to say on Sunday that Phnom Penh
was helpless to stop the construction.
The government sent a diplomatic note to Vietnam in August asking it to halt the construction of a border guard office in a “white zone” in Ratanakkiri province’s O’yadaw district, which is supposed to be off-limits to both countries.
That
message, along with a number of ensuing notes, have gone ignored, said
Var Kimhong, the minister in charge of border affairs.
“I have
told Vietnam many times during previous meetings and we recently sent a
diplomatic note to protest against the construction,” he said. “We asked
them to stop, but they did not listen to us.”
“Please tell me, if
they don’t stop, what can we do?” the minister added. “Do you want
Cambodia to start a war with Vietnam to stop the construction?”
Chhay
Thy, a coordinator for rights group Adhoc who has been monitoring
border incursions in the province, said that the building, which
consisted of only a foundation and a few concrete columns in mid-August,
was now about 80 percent complete.
“I have received information
from local people and a border military officer,” he said. “They told me
that Vietnam has continued building the guard station and on Friday
they saw Vietnam cover the roof. But we have not seen provincial
authorities come to stop the building.”
O’yadaw district governor Ma Vichet said he had informed provincial officials about the problem.
“I
have already made a report and sent it to provincial authorities
informing them that Vietnam continued building the guard station,” he
said, referring further questions to deputy provincial governor Nhem Sam
Oeun.
Mr. Sam Oeun could not be reached. Moeung Sineath, a
provincial hall spokesman, said that he was not aware of the continued
building, but would look into the situation today.
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ReplyDeleteJust bring this case to the signatory countries of the 1991 Paris Peace Accord.
ReplyDeleteYuon did not respect Khmer. Why do you have to respect Yuon? If you are not Yuon's slave, you got to do the work that you suppose to do.
You have to respect Vietnamese because they are smarter, stronger, more wealthy and a lot more numerous.
DeleteIf you don't, you will keep getting smacked down.
When I came to America, I respected the Whites. They fed me well, taught me the American way, gave me money and a lot of help.
And then the Whites gave me scholarships, schooling, and jobs.
DeleteIf I did not respect the Whites, I will not be the man I am today. Khmers really need to learn to respect other people. If others don't respect you, then you need to improve such that you will earn respect.
Respect is to be earned, not taken for granted.
Dead wrong! That's when we tell you to try harder, trouduc!
DeleteIf people don't respect you, you still have to respect them if they are respectable.
ReplyDeleteIf people don't respect you, you must find way to become respectable.
I am a direct descendant from Confucius so, I am here to teach the Khmers a few good lesson.