Selected Off-the-Cuff Speech at the Inauguration of the National Road 58 [Unofficial Translation]

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[…] I wish to take this opportune moment to affirm that it is not that I will end my role in one day or two days or by 2023. I have an ambition to continue in the post of Prime Minister through to 2028 or even after 2028 […] I hope that our people will continue to vote for the Cambodian People’s Party in the 2022 communal elections and the general elections in 2023 […]

[…] The 174 Km national road 56 from the city of Poi Pet on national road 5 through to the city of Samraong of Uddar Meanjei plays very important role in my efforts to fulfil two goals at one time. After the implementation of the win-win policy, I issued two goals for the country’s development […] firstly, transforming former battlefields into market and development places. Secondly, transforming borderlines with neighboring countries into one with peace, friendship, cooperation, and development […]

[…] in time of peace, everyone looks to China for assistance. In times of disaster, everyone seemed to have distanced from China. HM the King of Cambodia and HRH the Queen Mother sent messages sharing China’s hardships and contributed a sum of money […] showing Cambodia’s heart. I did what the Khmers say – “a friend indeed is a friend in need” […]

[…] We have put into operation three of the four b

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order passes […] we needed to sell goods to Thailand. Thailand needed to sell goods to Cambodia. More than we did to Thailand. We needed construction materials […] raw materials […] fuel from Thailand […]. I discussed with HE Prayuth Chan-ocha (Prime Minister of Thailand) to put into operation the O Nieng pass to connect special economic zone by transportation into Thailand […]

[…] agricultural machineries […] where did they come from? It is because we have peace and our people have made efforts as a family, a community, a state. The state provided a facilitation to impose no tax on agricultural land […] I continue to declare that after 41 years that we imposed no tax on agricultural land, and if the Cambodian People’s Party continues to be in power, it would be even 100 more years, we will not impose tax on agricultural land […]

[…] some analysts say (Cambodia) abandoned the US and Europe for China. I already affirmed that I am abandoning no one. I need all the friends I could make. Some have been too extreme. While the US is also doing business with China, why do they hate China so much? It is an unrealistic politics. (If they) follow this political path, (they) cannot be Cambodian leaders. Cambodia makes international relations irrespective of political regimes. As of now, we have diplomatic relations with over 170 countries […]

Samdech Techo Hun Sen, Inauguration of National Road 58 from Poi Pet to Somroang, 26 February 2020

Remark at the 75th Session of the UN-ESCAP “Empowering People and Ensuring Inclusiveness and Equality”

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–   Excellency Damdin Tsogtbaatar, President of the Session; –   Excellency Baron Divavesi Waqa, President of the Republic of Nauru; –   Excellency Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the UN-ESCAP; –   Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen! Today I am very delighted to participate in the 75th Session of the…

Selected Extempore Speech at the Graduation and Diploma Presenting Ceremony of the Asia-Europe University [Unofficial Translation]

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Internal Factors Determined Successes As in 1970, even though there were foreign influences, should Lon Nol, Sarik Matak, Cheng Heng, and In Tam not collude, there could not have been a coup. Take the present situation into consideration, for instance, foreigners could give us ideas and assistance but would anyone think that we would be…

Speech Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia and President of the Cambodian People’s Party to the Meeting in Commemoration of the 40th Anniversary of the 7 January Victory (7 January 1979 – 7 January 2019)

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Revered Samdech Preah Sangharja and Buddhist Monks, Excellencies, Ladies, Honorable National and Foreign Guests, Samdech, Excellencies, Lok Chumteavs, ladies and gentlemen, Meeting Participants and Compatriots, Forty years ago, on 7 January 1979, the genocidal regime of Pol Pot came to its end by our people’s force of great national solidarity to stand up and fight…