Cambodia Reaffirms Commitment to Contribute to Peaceful Settlement of Korean Peninsula Issue

Cambodia is willing to contribute to finding a peaceful solution to the Korean Peninsula issue, reaffirmed Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Acting Head of State of Cambodia.

‘Cambodia wants to see the two Koreas have good relations with each other and avoid the outbreak of war on the Korean Peninsula,’ Samdech Techo Hun Sen said while receiving at the Senate Palace here this morning a courtesy call from H.E. Jang Yun Gon, Ambassador of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to Cambodia.

Regarding the relations between the two countries, Samdech Techo Hun Sen asked for understanding from the Korean side that Cambodia needs to implement the UN Security Council Resolutions on sanctions against the DPRK as Cambodia is a member of the UN.

Regarding the DPRK-ASEAN relations, the Cambodian Acting Head of State recommended that North Korea should use the ASEAN platform to maintain relations with the ASEAN countries and link herself with the bloc.

Cambodia understands the need for self-defenc
e, but the DPRK should not take measures that go beyond the necessities, which leads to concerns in the region and ASEAN, he underlined.

For his part, H.E. Jang Yun Gon recalled the historical relationship between the two countries and highly valued the 7th-mandate Royal Government which has adopted measures, development strategies, and policies, particularly to ensure peace, safety, economic stability and development of Cambodia.

H.E. Ambassador also thanked Samdech Techo Hun Sen for his congratulations to the DPRK on her 71st founding anniversary and the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Cambodia-DPRK diplomatic relations.

Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse