Friday, March 12, 2010

Australia stands by Cambodian defence cooperation

March 11, 2010
ABC Radio Australia

Australia will continue its defence cooperation program with Cambodia, despite a controversial new policy which formally links business to Cambodian military units.

London-based advocacy group Global Witness has released a statement calling on countries who provide aid to Cambodia to condemn the policy, saying it could foster an arrangement whereby businesses will receive military protection in exchange for financial backing.

Presenter: Liam Cochrane
Speakers: Hor Nambora, Cambodia's Ambassador to the UK and Scandinavia; Eleanor Nichol, a campaigner with Global Witness; spokesman for Australia's Department of Defence


3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Everything good must start in America. Otherwise nothing will ever happen. God Bless The USA!

Anonymous said...

Oops, everything good must also start in England. Otherwise nothing great will ever happen. God bless England! and God save the Queen!

Anonymous said...

why they seemed to only be biased on cambodia? hope they look around the world and find out many nation with defense tied to businesses.