2009-04-21
PHNOM PENH, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Prime Minister Hun Sen has cautioned military officials against the use of force outside Cambodia, national media said on Tuesday.
"Troops can be deployed and defensive force used only within Cambodian territory. (I) do not allow (you) to fight outside your own territory," Chinese-language newspaper the Jian Hua Daily quoted him as telling a certificate-awarding ceremony for 22 officers here on Monday.
"The (Cambodian) military has not thought of sending troops outside the kingdom, so there would be no reason for another country to be concerned," he said.
The Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) should strengthen its training to become more powerful to safeguard Cambodia itself, he added.
The Military Institute of the People's Army of Vietnam on Monday issued certificates to Cambodian officers, including doctor degrees of military science for RCAF Commander-in-Chief Pol Saroeun and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Kun Kim.
Also on Monday, Hun Sen met with visiting Vietnamese Vice Minister of National Defense Nguyen Chi Vinh. Both sides vowed to strengthen their cooperation on human resource development in the military field.
In early April, two exchange of heavy gunfire occurred at the border area the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple between Thai and Cambodian troops.
Since July 2008, troops from both sides have stationed near the Preah Vihear temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and two armed confrontations last year sparked brief concerns of war.
The two neighboring countries have never fully demarcated their disputed 800-km-long border, mainly due to their different judgments of historical maps and the landmines left over from decades of civil war in Cambodia.
Editor: Wang Hongjiang
PHNOM PENH, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Prime Minister Hun Sen has cautioned military officials against the use of force outside Cambodia, national media said on Tuesday.
"Troops can be deployed and defensive force used only within Cambodian territory. (I) do not allow (you) to fight outside your own territory," Chinese-language newspaper the Jian Hua Daily quoted him as telling a certificate-awarding ceremony for 22 officers here on Monday.
"The (Cambodian) military has not thought of sending troops outside the kingdom, so there would be no reason for another country to be concerned," he said.
The Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) should strengthen its training to become more powerful to safeguard Cambodia itself, he added.
The Military Institute of the People's Army of Vietnam on Monday issued certificates to Cambodian officers, including doctor degrees of military science for RCAF Commander-in-Chief Pol Saroeun and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Kun Kim.
Also on Monday, Hun Sen met with visiting Vietnamese Vice Minister of National Defense Nguyen Chi Vinh. Both sides vowed to strengthen their cooperation on human resource development in the military field.
In early April, two exchange of heavy gunfire occurred at the border area the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple between Thai and Cambodian troops.
Since July 2008, troops from both sides have stationed near the Preah Vihear temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and two armed confrontations last year sparked brief concerns of war.
The two neighboring countries have never fully demarcated their disputed 800-km-long border, mainly due to their different judgments of historical maps and the landmines left over from decades of civil war in Cambodia.
Editor: Wang Hongjiang
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