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Interview: Cambodian politicians, scholar hail CPC for leading China to peace, prosperity

Cambodian politicians and an academic have hailed the Communist Party of China (CPC) for leading China to peace, stability and prosperity as the party marks its 94th founding anniversary on Wednesday.​​ ...

Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6600911/2015/07/01/interview-cambodian-politicians-scholar-hail-cpc-leading-china-peace

Cambodia, Vietnam to hold border talks next week

Cambodia and Vietnam say they will hold border talks next week, following clashes between Cambodian activists and Vietnamese border security forces. The head of Cambodia’s border committee, Var Kim Hong, told VOA that Phnom Penh would raise a number of sensitive issues with Hanoi, including road-building, ...

Sok Khemara,
http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodia-vietnam-border-talks/2845799.html

Vietnam hopes to develop peaceful, friendship borderline with Cambodia: spokesperson

Vietnam attaches great importance to the relationship with Cambodia and hopes to develop a peaceful and friendship borderline with the country, said Le Hai Binh, spokesperson of Vietnamese foreign ministry on Tuesday. ...

Xinhua team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12755/vietnam-hopes-to-develop-peaceful--friendship-borderline-with-cambodia--spokesperson/

Vietnam hopes to develop peaceful, friendship borderline with Cambodia: spokesperson

Vietnam attaches great importance to the relationship with Cambodia and hopes to develop a peaceful and friendship borderline with the country, said Le Hai Binh, spokesperson of Vietnamese foreign ministry on Tuesday. ...

Xinhua team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12755/vietnam-hopes-to-develop-peaceful--friendship-borderline-with-cambodia--spokesperson/

Opposition calls for international court to settle border dispute

Lawmakers from the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party have urged the government to file a complaint with the International Court of Justice over the ongoing border dispute with Vietnam. ...

Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12748/opposition-calls-for-international-court-to-settle-border-dispute/

Cambodia accuses opposition activists of creating insecurity along border with Vietnam

Cambodia’s Svay Rieng Provincial Administration has accused a group of opposition party led by a lawmaker of creating insecurity along border with Vietnam after the group scuffled with Vietnamese villagers over a disputed border area on Sunday. ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://bit.ly/1CGerdR

Belt and Road initiative to help Cambodia, says China

The China-proposed “Belt and Road” initiative will provide new opportunities for China and Cambodia to further enhance ties and cooperation in all fields, Han Qide, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) said on Friday. ...

Want China Times News Staff
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20150630000113&cid=1101&MainCatID=11

CNRP lawmakers clash at border

Two Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmakers, Um Sam An and Real Camerin, with the youth group got serious injured by the yesterday clash at Svay Rieng province, Cambodia-Vietnam border when they went to inspect the demarcation. ...

Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12699/cnrp-lawmakers-clash-at-border/

MP ‘injured’ at border

More than a dozen people were injured in a clash yesterday afternoon, when two opposition party lawmakers led some 200 Cambodians to inspect the Cambodia-Vietnam border in Svay Rieng province. Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmakers Real Camerin and Um Sam An yesterday led nearly 200 youths, ...

Meas Sokchea and Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mp-injured-border

Rainsy: CNRP now has Vietnam border map

The CNRP is now in possession of the constitutionally mandated map of the Cambodia-Vietnam border and will soon start using it with GPS technology to confirm whether border posts have been correctly placed along the 1,228-km frontier, opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Sunday. CNRP lawmakers have ...

Alex Willemyns and Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-now-has-vietnam-border-map-rainsy-says-86738/

Cambodian activists scuffle with Vietnamese security personnel, villagers near disputed border

Some 300 Cambodian activists led by an opposition lawmaker scuffled with Vietnamese security personnel and villagers Sunday afternoon while they attempted to reach a disputed border area along Cambodia’s Svay Rieng province border with Vietnam, local media reported, citing a local police chief and an ...

Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6597166/2015/06/28/cambodian-activists-scuffle-vietnamese-security-personnel-villagers-near

Thai and Cambodian traders sign tens of business deals, worth nearly THB2,000m

Nearly a hundred of senior Thai officials and entrepreneurs from six lower northeastern provinces met with counterparts from five Cambodian border provinces on June 26th in Siem Reap, Cambodia, to discuss their cooperation in trade, investment and tourism. ...

NNT News Staff
http://thainews.prd.go.th/centerweb/newsen/NewsDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNECO5806270010007

Cambodian PM to attend Mekong-Japan Summit in Tokyo

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will lead a high delegation to attend the 7th Mekong-Japan Summit, to be held from July 2 to 6 in Tokyo, Japan, said a press statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today. ...

Khmer Times News Staff
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12652/cambodian-pm-to-attend-mekong-japan-summit-in-tokyo/

CNRP demands new border committee, treaty’s cancellation

Following weeks of trips to disputed sites along the country’s border with Vietnam, the opposition CNRP issued an official statement on Thursday demanding that the government overhaul its border commission, cancel a 2005 border treaty and bring a case against Vietnam to international court. Long a ...

Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-demands-new-border-committee-treatys-cancellation-86724/

Laos prepares for ASEAN chairmanship

Laos must be prepared to steer and drive the agenda in promoting and strengthening Asean integration under the three pillars, namely Political Security, Economic and Socio-Cultural, to chair Asean effectively. ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/world/laos-prepares-for-asean-chairmanship-13189

Why are India's warships in Thailand and Cambodia?

This week, Indian warships visited Cambodia and Thailand as part of a two-month long operational deployment in surrounding waters in pursuit of India’s ‘Act East’ Policy. ...

Prashanth Parameswaran
http://thediplomat.com/2015/06/why-are-indias-warships-in-thailand-and-cambodia/

Chinese, Cambodian senior officials meet to further enhance bilateral ties

Han Qide, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, met with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Cabinet Minister Sok An here on Thursday to discuss ways to further enhance ties and cooperation for the interests of the two countries ...

Khmer Times News Staff
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12631/chinese--cambodian-senior-officials-meet-to-further-enhance-bilateral-ties/

Departing EU ambassador ‘optimistic’ on democracy

During Cambodia’s political roller coaster of recent years, European Ambassador Jean-Francois Cautain emerged as a consistent and powerful voice for democracy. ...

James Brooke
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12607/departing-eu-ambassador----optimistic----on-democracy/

Hor Namhong, Vetnamese official meet over border issue

Vietnam’s Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung on Tuesday met with Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong to inform him that local Vietnamese authorities had been ordered to compile reports on the use of land on disputed stretches of the border following recent diplomatic notes from ...

Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hor-namhong-vietnamese-official-meet-over-border-issue-86490/

Ambassador nominee says US to prioritize fair elections

The nominee to be the next U.S. ambassador to Cambodia told the U.S. Senate foreign relations committee this week that fair elections would be his priority, while a Cambodian government spokesman said he hoped the new ambassador would repair “bad” diplomatic relations between the countries. ...

Colin Meyn
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ambassador-nominee-says-us-to-prioritize-fair-elections-86464/

Indian Navy warships dock at Sihanoukville port

Two Indian Navy warships docked at the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port on Tuesday to begin a five-day goodwill visit that will include joint training exercises with the Royal Cambodian Navy, while a pop-up medical camp will provide healthcare to local communities, Indian Ambassador Dinesh Patnaik said ...

Simon Henderson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/indian-navy-warships-dock-at-sihanoukville-port-86480/

ACMECS countries reiterate commitment to supporting ASEAN community building

Leaders of Ayeyawaddy-Chao Phraya Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) incorporating Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam reiterated their commitment Tuesday to supporting the ASEAN Community building in 2015 and beyond.​​ ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://bit.ly/1BC5Ehy

Thailand pushes for more connectivity ahead of AEC

Thailand has made great strides to adjust its rules and regulations to work seamlessly with the ACMECS member nations and their plan of action, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said Tuesday. The success of the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) grouping was setting the pace for ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/world/thailand-pushes-for-more-connectivity-ahead-of-aec-13182

Prayut vows full cooperation with Asean over Mers

Thailand will give its full cooperation to ASEAN nations to prevent the spread of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus in the region, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said yesterday. ...

Patsara Jikkham and Paritta Wangkiat
http://bit.ly/1LDOYXA

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