Cambodian Ambassador "comrade" Hem Heng shakes hand with US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell. (Photo: by Im Sothearith)Men Kimseng, VOA Khmer
Washington, DC Monday, 12 July 2010
National anthems, traditional Khmer music and big smiles were all a part of a celebration dinner held by Cambodian diplomats Friday to mark the 60th anniversary of US-Cambodia relations. But Cambodia still wants debt forgiven and a chance to see more deductions in tariffs.
“I think we’re on an upswing...so we’re pleased with the relations,” US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell told reporters.
Cambodian Ambassador Hem Heng noted the improved relations but said he still wanted to see Cambodia forgiven more than $300 million in debt incurred prior to the Khmer Rouge. He said he was optimistic the US would consider the possibility.
About 200 guests from the US State Department, Cambodian diplomatic corps, US government agencies and Congress joined Friday’s dinner, which was held in a Chinese restaurant in a Virginia suburb of Washington.
The US and Cambodia are celebrating 60 years of diplomatic relations this month, which talks and performances planned in Cambodia throughout July.
10 comments:
The comrade Hem Heng dresse the white dresse not the black cloth!!
The communist Hun Xen!!!
U.S. will not forgive anything, for communist, not even one red penny!comrade Hem Heng !
WTF, celebrating 60 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries in the US in a Chinese restaurant!!!!!!! That's how much the US cherishes the relationship. This dumbo Hem Heng does not recognize the underlining meaning. He was just so flabbergasted with the handshake and forgot about being a diplomat representing a sovereign country.
Yeah, what swings up will swing down. Well put Mr. Diplomat.
After unsuccessful request for debt reduced,begging ambassador is now called Hem Soy instead.Soy=bad luck.
He is part of the team of begging for more money diverted into their pocket,then ask to have debt reduced.What game are playing?
How can you all go to sleep with very expensive bitter tea money?
Vietnam knows that cambodia is rich of resources,but this team have been asking for easy money instead.It is tax money from every country assisted Cambodians and cambodia back on their feet,but you all enjoy collecting and shared between your friends.
Never be ashamed of bad deeds,bad leaders!
You all will go to hell where Hok Lundy is waiting for!
Farmer
our friends america should channel this old debt from the bygone regime of lon nol to the social developments in cambodia.
and what about compensation, you know the carpet boobming that destroyed both infrastures and millions of innocent lives? left alone the betrayed, lied and other decieving act from Nikson? Why did the US pretent that we owed them instead? where are our rights and justice? other million of khmers escaped their country in search of peace and never found one. They all became truamatised after leaving their homeland and only to further affected by racism in a foriegn land, it is like double the trouble. Where are our rights and justice? and where is God, the true God Jesus Christ? The west would go to church believing in the same son of God but did not do what they preached. I am very upset about social right and social justice. we all are human being but unfortunately has this, first class, middle class and third class. what we see now we are in the third class. It said in the bible that "those who respect the poor are respecting god and those who rejected the poor are rejecting him". But yet they did not do what they suppose to do. Anyway, judgement day will be here soon to know the truth. wisdom
Like I always said, USA is too poor to cancel Cambodian debt, China is more generous and more rich..
Motherfucker! Ah Hun Xen! is a real ah Pol Pot second generation!
How can the legal goverment imprison people for people doing thing in their own propety?
This fucking ilegal imprisonment is the phycological suppression to all the will and freedome to ALL people in the nation!
Mortherfucker! use the tac tic that emloyed by ah Pol Pot just less cruel and more sofficated with the motherfucker monkey court!
Can the world see! we people of Cambodia again is inprisoning with our mind and abussing by the second generation of Ah Pol Pot motherfucker!????
May lightning strike motherfuckers and its supporters!!!!!!
man, this guy 10:42pm sounds so evil! he must hate khmer a lot! i don't think cambodia needs him! let god forgive him and guide him to see the reality of god's creation. amen.
i love his beautiful smile. love you long time,ok!
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