The inauguration of one of the border pillars along the Cambodian-Vietnamese borders.Reaksmei Kampuchea newspaper
29th December, 2008
Translated from Khmer by Khmerization
Mr. Nguyen Chien Thanh, Vietnamese ambassador to Cambodia, said that both Cambodia and Vietnam have agreed that the plantings of all border pillars along the Khmer-Vietnamese borders will be completed in 2012.
Initially, the Cambodian and Vietnamese governments agreed that the plantings of the border pillars along the Khmer-Vietnamese borders will be completed in 3 years, starting from 2006. The plantings of the border pillars have been agreed by PM Hun Sen and the Vietnamese prime minister , following the signing of the supplemental agreements in October, 2005, which were the additional agreements on the controversial 1985 Cambodian-Vietnamese demarcation border treaty.
The issues of the border demarcations were raised during a meeting between Mr. Chheang Vun, chairman of the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs and international co-operation (5th Committee) and Mr. Nguyen Chien Thanh, Vietnamese ambassador to Cambodia, on the afternoon of 25th December in the Cambodian parliament house.
In front of the 5th parliamentary committee chairman, Mr. Nguyen Chien Thanh said that the teams of the Cambodian-Vietnamese Border Committee had had excellent relations with each other during the demarcation works and during the plantings of the border pillars in the past. But the implementations of the border pillar-plantings met some obstacles which required further delay until 2012.
Cambodia and Vietnam need to plant 370 border pillars along their 1270 kilometre-long borders. The Cambodian-Vietnamese border pillars are made from granites that cost 15 million dollars which Vietnam undertook to incur all the costs.
On 27th September, 2006, the Bavet- Moc Bai International Checkpoint in Svay Rieng province has been officially inaugurated by the Cambodian and Vietnamese prime ministers. This inauguration was the starting point of the demarcation works in other areas. In 2007, 4 border pillars have been planted at 4 international checkpoints among the 7 international border checkpoints along the two country’s borders needed to be planted, with the plantings of 100 other border pillars in other areas.
In regard to the delay, Mr. Var Kim Hong, chairman of Cambodian Border Committee, said that this is so because the technical teams from both countries need to survey the situations on the grounds first before signing an agreement to accept the locations of the pillars. He said that, in order to plant any border pillars, the technical teams of both countries need to survey the areas by using proper equipments including GPS (global positioning system) to determine the exact locations of the border pillars before they can start planting them.
Translated from Khmer by Khmerization
Mr. Nguyen Chien Thanh, Vietnamese ambassador to Cambodia, said that both Cambodia and Vietnam have agreed that the plantings of all border pillars along the Khmer-Vietnamese borders will be completed in 2012.
Initially, the Cambodian and Vietnamese governments agreed that the plantings of the border pillars along the Khmer-Vietnamese borders will be completed in 3 years, starting from 2006. The plantings of the border pillars have been agreed by PM Hun Sen and the Vietnamese prime minister , following the signing of the supplemental agreements in October, 2005, which were the additional agreements on the controversial 1985 Cambodian-Vietnamese demarcation border treaty.
The issues of the border demarcations were raised during a meeting between Mr. Chheang Vun, chairman of the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs and international co-operation (5th Committee) and Mr. Nguyen Chien Thanh, Vietnamese ambassador to Cambodia, on the afternoon of 25th December in the Cambodian parliament house.
In front of the 5th parliamentary committee chairman, Mr. Nguyen Chien Thanh said that the teams of the Cambodian-Vietnamese Border Committee had had excellent relations with each other during the demarcation works and during the plantings of the border pillars in the past. But the implementations of the border pillar-plantings met some obstacles which required further delay until 2012.
Cambodia and Vietnam need to plant 370 border pillars along their 1270 kilometre-long borders. The Cambodian-Vietnamese border pillars are made from granites that cost 15 million dollars which Vietnam undertook to incur all the costs.
On 27th September, 2006, the Bavet- Moc Bai International Checkpoint in Svay Rieng province has been officially inaugurated by the Cambodian and Vietnamese prime ministers. This inauguration was the starting point of the demarcation works in other areas. In 2007, 4 border pillars have been planted at 4 international checkpoints among the 7 international border checkpoints along the two country’s borders needed to be planted, with the plantings of 100 other border pillars in other areas.
In regard to the delay, Mr. Var Kim Hong, chairman of Cambodian Border Committee, said that this is so because the technical teams from both countries need to survey the situations on the grounds first before signing an agreement to accept the locations of the pillars. He said that, in order to plant any border pillars, the technical teams of both countries need to survey the areas by using proper equipments including GPS (global positioning system) to determine the exact locations of the border pillars before they can start planting them.
17 comments:
Will borders between cambodia and vietnam ever planted at all? and how much khmer lands have been lost to vietnam in these border pillar plantings?
A few pillars were planting each year only each year, because this is the business-politic talk. The longer delay, the more better chances youn population can grow up in Cambodia. By that time, the pillars at bother means nothing, because it is indochinsa. Cambodia is just a state of Cambodia, not a country of Cambodia.
It will not be done until all Cambodia's land is gone to the Viet. Fucking freak Hun Sen!
ចាំមើលតើ អាចុយម្រ៉ាយ ដុកទ័រ ពីហាណូយ
នោះវាថាម៉េចទៅ ហ្ន៎!
អាចុយម្រ៉ាយ ដុកទ័រ ពីហាណូយ!
whatever uuu want to give to me...ok..long as...i...i...will be priminister...
that's right, proper surveilance is required as cambodia cannot afford to lose anymore lands and territories to our historical enemy, the vietnamese! in geography, i learned that usually the nature demarcation like the river, etc, is the best way to demarcate a territory, however, of course, there are many more methods as well as it is not the only one to do so! god bless cambodia.
The longer we are delayed the border demarcation, the more land we will lose to the Vietnamese.
And guess what? HUN SEN is complying very well... no objection what so ever... as long as it is for his Vietnamese boss wish list.
គួណាស់តែនាំគ្នាអរគុណ ដល់យួន ព្រោះ ថាយួន
បានជួយខ្មែរយើងច្រើនដងណាស់ ។លើកមុន បានជួយរំដោះពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរឲផុតពីរបបប្រល័យពូជសាសន៍ លើកនេះបានជួយធ្វើបង្គោលព្រំដែនឲ
ខ្មែរយើងទៀត ដោយអត់គិតថ្លៃ ដែលផ្ទុយទៅនិងពួកសៀម
ដែលពួកវាបានចូលមកឈ្លានពាន ទឹកដីខ្មែរ
យើងទាំងងងឹតងងល់ ។
well, do it right in the first place is important. actually, it will take time to do so. if you rush it, it may not be done properly. please think about it! thank you.
what's to worry, we have many old, official maps of our country, and i'm sure khmer people will see to it that the official demarcation is as recognizable as the official maps of cambodia. this is why it good to take time on it. hello! please understand the importance of it. thank you.
Anyone try to steal lands from Khmer in Vietnam is dead meat.
អរគុណ ពួកអាឃាដករ យួនកន្ដប?
ឌូម៉ែអា ៤:១៣ AM, អាឯងទៅធ្វើខ្ញុំកញ្ជះវា
ទៅអាងាប់ ៤:១៣ AM!
4:13am, your idea of thanking vietnam for helping cambodia many times, like the invasion of 1979 and now paying for the border pillars, is a mentality of a slave. vietnam agreed to pay for the border pillars because vietnam already gained hundreds of kilometres of encroachments into khmer lands already. yes, vietnam helped cambodia many times and cambodia has lost kampuchea krom, about 18-24 provinces. and now cambodia's borders with vietnam have been chipped every by vietnam. so, you mean we need to thank vietnam for stealing our lands?
181035sq.kilometters still exist?
It is our intention to delay the plan of plantings of all border pillars along the Khmer-Vietnamese borders till 2012 from 2008 as planned as started from 2006. This is because of the border tension making from Thai at Preas Vihear areas will make gainning later to Thai the disputed areas of 4.6km² due to Cambodia dares not to make appeal to UN. Leanrning form this lesson we will gain more land from Cambodia. The longer we delaye the border demarcation, the more land Cambodia will lose to our country. From future generation of Uncle Ho.
9:30am, what do you mean? you we should be happy as long as we have lands, doesn't matter much has stolen from our neighbors? Cambodia used to have nearly 10 times of that land mass. We have shrunk to our present size because of people who have the same mentality as our present leaders who never care about our borders.
Yes, Cambodia used to be bigger, but some of the land have been trade for Viet, Lao, and Thai women, not to mention a bunch of Khmer got independence from Cambodia ...
I used to curse Mr. Var Kim Hong for years but now no more! I wholeheartedly agree with Mr. Var Kim Hong! Thank you for doing your job!
"He said that, in order to plant any border pillars, the technical teams of both countries need to survey the areas by using proper equipments including GPS (global positioning system) to determine the exact locations of the border pillars before they can start planting them."
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