PHNOM PENH, June 2, 2011 (PQRU) - Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister H.e.Dr. Sok An told Ms. Rabea Brauer, representative of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) in Cambodia, on Thursday June 2, 2011 that the said key factors have been playing important roles in the democratization process of Cambodia.
H.E. Dr. Sok An, who is also Minister in charge of the Office of the Council of Ministers, told Ms. Brauer that Cambodia has been doing her utmost to rebuild herself after the fall of the Khmer Rouge genocidal regime in 1979.
“We have been trying our best to ensure stability. We have built with our own efforts to strengthen social security and development,” Dr. Sok An told the outgoing KAS Country Representative.
“Thus, the process of democratization should be adaptable to the reality on the ground. That is why we have to balance extremely well our requirements based on the reality on the ground,” said Dr. Sok An.
Ms Brauer, who has witnessed Cambodia’s development throughout her 8-year tenure in the country, told Dr. Sok An that she is pleased with the overall development of this Southeast Asian nation.
“I have seen the country’s growth, a very prosperous and positive change as well as security, stability, economic growth, and rural development. These are huge achievements attained by the Royal Government of Cambodia,” she told Dr. Sok An. Ms Brauer said that she has been following the border situation and hopes the problem would be solved peacefully.
Dr. Sok An, in response, said Cambodia has requested the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to send its technical team to assess and fix the damages sustained by the Temple of Preah Vihear as a result of the Thai military’s attacks which fired 414 shells at the Temple in February this year.
Dr. Sok An also told Ms Brauer that Thailand had told lies to the international community on numerous occasions especially that the Temple had no damage.“Luckily, we have produced hundreds of DVDs to support our claims that the Thais had actually damaged the Temple,” said Dr. Sok An.
