The Associated Press
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia
A U.S. navy warship left Cambodia on Tuesday after the first port call by an American military vessel in more than three decades.
The USS Gary, a guided missile frigate with 200 officers and crew, received a send-off from Cambodian naval officers as it left Sihanoukville port, 185 kilometers (115 miles) southwest of Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh, said Khun Borin, a Cambodian deputy navy commander.
During the vessel's four-day stay, U.S. sailors shared techniques for rescue operations with their Cambodian counterparts and the two sides had a chance to play soccer together. The Americans also conducted humanitarian activities, including repairing a local medical clinic and providing checkups for Cambodian villagers.
"The ship's visit has paved the way for the two countries' sailors to get to know each other more closely," Khun Borin said.
Cambodian and U.S. officials have hailed the visit as a sign of the improved relationship between the two countries.
During the Vietnam War, the U.S. military heavily bombed suspected communist guerrilla strongholds in Cambodia up until 1974.
Eighteen U.S. soldiers were killed fighting Khmer Rouge forces on Koh Tang, a Cambodian island in the Gulf of Thailand, in May 1975.
The United States halted military assistance to Cambodia following a 1997 coup, in which Hun Sen grabbed full power after ousting his co-premier, Prince Norodom Ranariddh. Hun Sen remains as prime minister.
A U.S. navy warship left Cambodia on Tuesday after the first port call by an American military vessel in more than three decades.
The USS Gary, a guided missile frigate with 200 officers and crew, received a send-off from Cambodian naval officers as it left Sihanoukville port, 185 kilometers (115 miles) southwest of Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh, said Khun Borin, a Cambodian deputy navy commander.
During the vessel's four-day stay, U.S. sailors shared techniques for rescue operations with their Cambodian counterparts and the two sides had a chance to play soccer together. The Americans also conducted humanitarian activities, including repairing a local medical clinic and providing checkups for Cambodian villagers.
"The ship's visit has paved the way for the two countries' sailors to get to know each other more closely," Khun Borin said.
Cambodian and U.S. officials have hailed the visit as a sign of the improved relationship between the two countries.
During the Vietnam War, the U.S. military heavily bombed suspected communist guerrilla strongholds in Cambodia up until 1974.
Eighteen U.S. soldiers were killed fighting Khmer Rouge forces on Koh Tang, a Cambodian island in the Gulf of Thailand, in May 1975.
The United States halted military assistance to Cambodia following a 1997 coup, in which Hun Sen grabbed full power after ousting his co-premier, Prince Norodom Ranariddh. Hun Sen remains as prime minister.
11 comments:
Oh good, and don't come back you
trouble makers!!!
YES, don't come back you trouble makers but WAIT don't forget to send us your green paper called eh! dollar.
What spurious to begin with?
You deserve to be called a primitive barstard Taliban.
Have you ever had any somesort of intellectual or emotional intelligence? Your rubbish only makes yourself an idiot.
To moi 28
Those two above are not Cambodian. If they are our people, they must be born and raised in China or Vietnam or some Communist countries. You are right, they are dumb people and an idiot! Halaluya to you! Pay no mind! Have a good day!
To our true love: Red, white and Blue!
Wrong, fact of the matter is real
khmers have always been a friend
of our communist neighbors, and
you are clearly not one us. Stop
being ignorant of facts, will ya?
Yeahh real Khmers are Nguyen Van Son aka Hoc Lundy. I got you, a Yuan Taliban.
To 5:07am
A youn Taliban!!! Ah Sva!!!!!!!
Okay then, let the tradition
continues, alright Fluke's Boy?
We don't want to follow no
stupid Ethiopian's tics' and fleas'
tradition. Comprendre?
3:32 and Ah Sen's supporters: Are you nervous when yuop see the USS Gary? Don't worry we won't do anything to you baby. However, if need be we will be back and take Ah Kvak Mafia like the first President Bush did to Noraga of Panama.
Promised?
Yeap 12:50PM. You can bet your stinky Viet arse on that!
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