Kurt M. Campbell
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
May 25, 2012
First of all, let me just say that on behalf of the United States government, we are so thrilled to be here in Cambodia for the Senior Officials Meeting. I’ve had a chance yesterday to meet with the Prime Minister and now I have had a very good discussion with the Foreign Minister. I think as you all know Secretary Clinton has invited him to the United States. He will be there early next month and we have had an opportunity to review all the important things that the United States is doing in Southeast Asia, particularly in Cambodia.
I’d just like to underscore that in addition to all the important bilateral work that we are undertaking and our multilateral engagement in terms of the Lower Mekong Initiative and the like, we are also bringing Secretary Clinton in July the largest ever business group to Cambodia as part of our multi-faceted engagement to suggest our deep desire to have a strong and deeper ties between our business communities in the United States and ASEAN. We are thrilled at the support that we have received from the Cambodian government. Daisy Liu [of ConocoPhillips] and Steve Glick [of Chevron] have made very generous contributions in terms of hard drives and also flash drives to enable the ASEAN Secretariat to be fully prepared and capable to deal with the enormous number of people that will be coming to Cambodia to celebrate not only the ASEAN Regional Forum, but [also] the East Asia Summit. This is a critical year – it’s the tenth anniversary since the statement of conduct with regard to the South China Sea. We’re at a critical period. We’re counting on the leadership of Cambodia to ensure the future of peace and prosperity.
I have been joined here today with my wonderful colleague from ASEAN, Ambassador Carden in Jakarta, to make a very strong commitment on the part of the United States to an enduring commitment to the Asia-Pacific region and to ASEAN as a whole, and I want to personally thank Daisy and Steve for their commitment to this process and to thank you, Foreign Minister, for all that you have done to build stronger relations between the United States and Cambodia. So thank you all.
3 comments:
It sounds like a good deal. However, we are not a fan of the Vietnamese dog Hun Sen who was illegally installed as PM of Cambodia by his Vietnam leaders or bosses in Hanoi. Why? Vietnam leaders in Hanoi have been using this Vietnamese slave in order to overtake everything from Cambodian to evil Communist Vietnam, especially Vietnam masters in in Hanoi to be so wealthy because of Cambodia's rich Natural Resources and billions of dollars for more that 3 decades from International Donors or IMF have been stolen by Vietnamese masters and Vietnamese officials or crooks in higher offices in Phnom Penh of CPP regime. The billions of dollars from International Donors have not been reached or rarely reached to the poor Cambodian people and children.
Also, we are not a fan of Vietminh Rouge Hor Nam Hong, a former Khmer Rouges Prison Chief in Beong Trabak.
The only reason the US attemping to initiate relationship with SE Asia because of the fears of the Chinese having too much influence in the areas. Being Cambodian American, I should be happy knowing the US wanting to build a stronger relationship with the Cambodian government, but instead I get upset. Despite the human right violation, wide spread of corruption, and lack of the rule of laws, the US still and willing to support this evil government. For a country that known for endorsing Democracy around the world, the US should be very shameful to turn a blind eyes by supporting this crook government or having anything to do with them at all.
US have been playing double games with Cambodian and Cambodia.
One hand they say promoting democracy in Cambodia the other hand they promote and support the so-called Hun Sen regime and yuon Hanoi created by late Ho Chi Minh in 1940s and named this old name of CPP as the Khmer People's Revolutionary Party in 1951.
Khmer must learn from real Khmer history and always remember that foreigner is foreinger their interest always come first, Khmer interests alway come last or never come at all if we don't go for them.
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