30 October 2008By Alain Ney
Cambodge Soir Hebdo
Translated from French by Tola Ek
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The opposition leader is concerned by the appetite of neighboring countries that nibble a little more Cambodia’s borders during each year.
In a thank you note sent to one of his party activists in Canada, Sam Rainsy is again concerned by the “Motherland which is victim of aggression from everywhere.”
In this message, he discussed about the difficulties that Cambodia face to preserve her territorial integrity in front of neighbors filled with expansionist wills. “Border problems in the country's Western part have been in the limelight over the last few months. But our Eastern neighbor (Vietnam) has been infringing on our territory on a much larger scale and for a much longer period than our Western neighbor (Thailand),” Sam Rainsy wrote.
He called on everyone to “help those of our fellow compatriots who are on the most sensitive frontline to resist,” while recalling that, “on the Eastern side, [the border] has been continuously moved to the detriment of our country since 1979.”
In a thank you note sent to one of his party activists in Canada, Sam Rainsy is again concerned by the “Motherland which is victim of aggression from everywhere.”
In this message, he discussed about the difficulties that Cambodia face to preserve her territorial integrity in front of neighbors filled with expansionist wills. “Border problems in the country's Western part have been in the limelight over the last few months. But our Eastern neighbor (Vietnam) has been infringing on our territory on a much larger scale and for a much longer period than our Western neighbor (Thailand),” Sam Rainsy wrote.
He called on everyone to “help those of our fellow compatriots who are on the most sensitive frontline to resist,” while recalling that, “on the Eastern side, [the border] has been continuously moved to the detriment of our country since 1979.”
