Tibetian Spiritual leader Dalai Lama. EPA/PIYAL ADHIKARYJan 30, 2007
Cambodian official says Dalai Lama still not welcome
DPA
Phnom Penh - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is still not welcome in Cambodia because of China's strong views on the subject, a senior Cambodian religious official said Tuesday.
Speaking at the opening of a Japanese-donated pagoda on the outskirts of the capital, Religion Ministry secretary Chhorn Iem said the ban that excluded the Dalai Lama from the World Buddhism Conference in 2002 still stood because China's stance had not altered.
'We could not welcome him here even if he asked because Cambodia must implement the government's policy,' Iem said. 'Cambodia follows the One China Policy.'
He said the Dalai Lama, who lives in exile in India, had not filed an application to come to Cambodia since the policy was made clear.
However he said he could not predict the future, and Cambodia remained hopeful that someday political obstacles would no longer stand in the way of a visit by one of the world's most venerable Buddhists.
'I am not sure of what lies in the future. I cannot predict government policy in the future,' he said. However that policy is likely to be dependent on Beijing.
Cambodia's population is 95 percent Buddhist and Buddhism is the state religion.
China is one of Cambodia's top five donors and a powerful trade partner and investor, and although it has imposed few public strings on the vast sums of money it pumps into the country, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has repeatedly made it clear that Cambodia firmly supports the One China Policy.
Speaking at the opening of a Japanese-donated pagoda on the outskirts of the capital, Religion Ministry secretary Chhorn Iem said the ban that excluded the Dalai Lama from the World Buddhism Conference in 2002 still stood because China's stance had not altered.
'We could not welcome him here even if he asked because Cambodia must implement the government's policy,' Iem said. 'Cambodia follows the One China Policy.'
He said the Dalai Lama, who lives in exile in India, had not filed an application to come to Cambodia since the policy was made clear.
However he said he could not predict the future, and Cambodia remained hopeful that someday political obstacles would no longer stand in the way of a visit by one of the world's most venerable Buddhists.
'I am not sure of what lies in the future. I cannot predict government policy in the future,' he said. However that policy is likely to be dependent on Beijing.
Cambodia's population is 95 percent Buddhist and Buddhism is the state religion.
China is one of Cambodia's top five donors and a powerful trade partner and investor, and although it has imposed few public strings on the vast sums of money it pumps into the country, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has repeatedly made it clear that Cambodia firmly supports the One China Policy.
16 comments:
If Cambodia agreed to follow O"ne China policy" then China whom is stealing and occupying and colonising Tibetan land so does that mean Cambodia government must agreed for Vietname to colonise Cambodia and Cambodia Krom1
Yep, we will always support
the "One China Principle", "One
Vietnam Principle", "One Thailand
Principle", ..., and the "One
Cambodia Principle." Who in their
right mind would want to break the
world into a million bits and
pieces.
Why would Daila Lama want to visit Cambodia? For what reason? Ah Kwak and Sihanouk support one China policy because both of them are communist and China occupied Tibet where Ah Kwak wants to be colonized by his master. Sooner or later there will be One Vietnamese policy including Cambodia and Lao.
Cambodia government led by Viet's puppet Hun Sen will have no impact on any nation. Vietnam has an ambition to colonize Cambodia and Laos long prior to French colony. With the help from France and during the French left in 1949, Part of Cambodia (KKK) lost to Yuan. Since then Viet(Yuan) created Khmer Viet Minh and recruited & brainwashed Khmers in country side and in France. The Khmer Rouge were created By Viets (Yuan).
Pol Pot took the order from Yuan army then later he betrayed Yuan.
All the records/documents were destroyed, then those Yuan came in claimed that they're also Khmers.
Those Khmer rouge either Pol Pot, Hun Sen..including Yuan agents among KR were all killers, they killed million of Khmer people.
All of the sudden, KR killed KR and killed Khmer people. Finally Yuan Invasion came, and Yuan claimed to save Khmers. Yes saved from Yuan caused troubles and created the genocide in Cambodia.
If you want to learn about the facts then read K L Bindra's letters and more documents of Dr. Tith. If you don't want it please discard it.
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Real Khmer Buddhist love and respect His Holiness Dala Lama.
Wrong, post9:48. The "One Vietnam
Policy" currently only included KK,
no one else.
And the only way for Cambodia to
be part of vietnam is that you'll
do something stupid like you did in
1970. Get it? And I hope you know
what it is that you did in 1970.
Hey Moi28, I think Hollywood might
be interested with your story.
Take it to them, will ya?
You sound so Yuan. You think!!!
And you sound Ethiopian.
Ethiopian is way up and far better than the parasite ugly Yuan like you who is lying telling people that Cambodia is your country.
You are a thief and a trouble maker causing Cambodia to forever suffer.
Well then, just stay up there.
Don't come back down here, okay?
Well said moi28...Am with ya on that!
Passer-by Guest
Well go way up there with him then.
Not until after we stick a two-by-four up in your arse first...Anonymous@7:42PM..lmao!
Passer-by Guest
sTOP USING bUDDISH AS YOUR STATE RELIGION, YOU FUCKING EVIL HUN XEN!
Well, if you don't want religion
in Cambodia, take it out of there.
Moi28 is not even Khmer. What give him right to write here.
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