I deeply regret to learn of the Facebook post of H.E. Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore, on 31 May expressing his condolences on the passing of General Prem Tinsulanonda in which he said “His [General Prem] time as PM coincided with the ASEAN members (then five of us) coming together to oppose Vietnam’s…
Working Together for a Nation of Intellects We have noticed that our people are long for knowledge. Some have made it to the University with scholarships and many have been fee-paying students with help from their parents, and spouses. That is the good point we have found among our people and we must be proud…
Excellencies Ministers of the RCEP Participating Countries; H.E. Lim Jock Hoi, Secretary General of ASEAN; Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen! Today I am delighted to participate in the opening ceremony of the 7th RCEP Intersessional Ministerial Meeting which is the ASEAN’s initiative and initially began the negotiation in 2012 during the 21st ASEAN Summit in Phnom…
Samdech Vibol Sena Pheakdei Say Chhum, President of the Senate of Cambodia; Samdech Akka Moha Ponhea Chakrei Heng Samrin, President of National Assembly of Cambodia, and President of the 27th Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum; Excellencies, Delegates of the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum member countries; Excellencies, Distinguished National and International Guests! On behalf of the Royal…
Samdech Vibol Sena Pheakdey Say Chhum, President of the Senate of Cambodia; Samdech Akka Moha Ponhea Chakrei Heng Samrin, President of the National Assembly of Cambodia; E. Jusuf Kalla, Vice President of Indonesia; E. Jose de Venecia, Founding Chairman of International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) and the ICAPP delegates; E. Andrés Pastrana Arango,…
In addition to the prepared text, opening the regional conference on combatting falsified and substandard medicines held in Phnom Penh, Samdech Techo made the following selected impromptu (and unofficial translated) comments: Lack of Cooperation on Combating Falsified and/or Sub-standard Medicines Allow me to raise some points that Cambodia encountered in its national framework. This would…
Cambodia-Turkey Relation Is 24 Years Old – 1994-2018 I have a great pleasure to be able to meet with you all who are pursuing your studies in the Republic of Turkey. As I have said on various occasions, I would leave out other programs to keep my meeting with Cambodian laborers working and students studying…
Thank Cambodians Overseas for Coming and Waiting I am so happy to be able to see you compatriots living, working, and studying abroad. I learnt that some of you are from Belgium, and many come from France, Holland, England, and Canada, etc. I have an obligation to address you because of two great things you…
Japan-Cambodia Relation Makes Gradual Progress Today, I am so pleased to be able to join with our students and people (who works in Japan) once again. I did this in 2016 with some students too. Some of them may have not yet graduated and there might be some new ones today. What is of great…
The Fifth, Longest So Far, and China-Financed Overpass I have a great pleasure to join with our compatriots to put into official use the 942-meters Cambodia-China Friendship overpass – the fifth, the longest so far, and financed by China – 18 million USD, together with the counterpart funding of the Royal Government, after I launched…