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Chinese Embassy: Sino-Cambodian cooperation can not be tolerated for interference from outside forces
Phnom Penh – In response to US sanctions on senior Cambodian military officials regarding development projects Chinese aid at Ream Naval Base in Sihanoukville The Chinese Embassy in Washington considers this to be Interfere in the internal affairs of both countries can not be tolerated.
In an email in response to a recent VOA question, the Chinese Embassy in Washington said: China has always been against the unilateral sanctions and jurisdiction beyond the borders of the United States. The embassy added that China also strongly opposes interference in other countries’ internal affairs.
The embassy said: ‘cooperation on an equal footing and mutual benefit between China and Cambodia can not be tolerant For interference from external forces .
According to the Chinese Embassy in Washington, China and Cambodia are “good friends” and have actively cooperated in Many, including the ring road ( BRI ) , in the spirit of clean, green and openly that not only provides It benefits the people of both countries, but it also contributes to regional peace and stability.
VOA has not yet been able to obtain a response from a US Embassy spokesman in Phnom Penh.
But in the past, Chad Roedemeier embassy’s spokesman has commented that recent developments in the Cambodia, such as systemic corruption, transnational crime and human rights abuses, threatens Both the security interests of the United States and the fundamental rights and freedoms of the Cambodian people.
Last week, the US Treasury Department and the State Department announced the names of two generals. General Chao Phirun, Director General of the General Department of Technical Equipment and Admiral Tea Vinh, Commander of the Navy On the blacklist of US sanctions related to corruption and violations of the rights and freedoms of the Cambodian people.
US action on two senior officials in reference to the development of the Ream navy In Sihanoukville, where the United States has expressed dissatisfaction with the demolition of its subsidized buildings. The United States has accused Cambodia of allowing Chinese military bases there, but Cambodia has categorically denied it. For this accusation.
Tea Vinh declined to comment immediately when contacted by VOA. VOA could not immediately be reached for comment.
In response to the sanctions, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly denied jurisdiction beyond the boundaries of The United States has charged Cambodian officials with “baseless allegations made on geopolitical grounds . ” Ministry of Foreign Affairs added that the sanctions ‘ despised totally independent and interference “Serious interference in the internal affairs of other countries . “
Meas Ny, a political analyst in Cambodia, says he is worried that Cambodia will fall into a political geography without thinking. There is no choice and the superpower is dragging Cambodia into the competition, he added, adding that US sanctions by The message of the decline of democracy in Cambodia may mix with the political geography in the future.
He told VOA on Friday that: the ultimate sanction it as an example that it can be controversial “More related to the accusation of political geography . “
Ear Sophal, Cambodian political observer and deputy dean for development at Arizona State University, told VOA According to an email on Friday, the Chinese embassy in Washington used the same words as the statement. the reaction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which he refers to the term ‘jurisdiction beyond the border or in English, «long-arm jurisdiction» . He recalled the ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh in 2012, when Cambodia chaired ASEAN and raised ASEAN should not take the South China Sea issue as a multilateral issue.
He added that China’s ring road project, or BRI, has advantages and disadvantages, but it remains a question of concern. He said that the BRI project brings greenness and purity, which he said is corrupt. In that.
Ear Sophal added that US sanctions on senior Cambodian officials were just the beginning of US action. That more names will be added to the sanctions list in the future, and maybe hundreds more. He added that there would also be sharp action from the US Congress on the decline of democracy in the country. Cambodia.