Japan Build National Road No. 5 and National Road No. 1
[…] If we look at the busiest road, National Road 5, which connects the Kingdom of Thailand (at the border with Cambodia and runs via Phnom Penh and through National Road 1) to the Vietnamese border. The Japanese friends also participated in building a 366-kilometer road that connects this section of National Road No. 5, which then links to National Road No. 1, also built by Japan. This road line used to be in extremely difficult condition to transport […] we could say that this road is the southern corridor supported by a grant and financing from Japan […]

90% of Former Battles Become Markets, Development Areas
[…] I still remember that after the end of the war on December 29, 1998, I set two main goals, the first of which was to turn the former battlefields into markets and development zones. Second, turn the border with neighboring countries into a border of friendship and peace, cooperation and development. We have now achieved majorly these two goals. In that, turning the former battlefield area into a market into a development area, so far, we could say about more than 90 percent already. The remaining areas are still under landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO), yet removed [...] should we realize our goal in 2025 to have zero mines/UXOs left, turning the former battlefield into a development area, a market, a cultivation area, a production site, a tourist destination will be successful […]

5M Doses of Vaccine in Addition to More Than 10 M Doses in Stock
[...] I would like to take this opportunity to thank through His Excellency Mikami Masahiro the Government and the people of Japan for providing 1.3 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Cambodia [...] I have ordered the purchase of 5 million doses. We still have 10 million doses left in stock, but needed more for booster jabs. We still lack another 8 million doses. Yesterday I asked concerned institutions to buy 5 million more to add to the warehouse. We needed to ensure that our Cambodian people would have enough vaccines for booster doses [...]

HE Mikami Masahiro Supported Cambodia as ASEAN Chair this year
[…] I would like to thank His Excellency Mikami Masahiro for supporting Cambodia as ASEAN Chair this year. (His Excellency wrote) "I would like to express my respect to the Prime Minister for his immediate visit to Myanmar and for his initiative to improve the situation in Myanmar. Japan intends to provide strong cooperation for Cambodia to succeed as chair of ASEAN." I am very grateful for Japan's support for Cambodia's ASEAN chairmanship and will be committed to coordinating cooperation for Cambodia's success [...]

Cambodia Offered Its ASEAN Vaccine Share to Myanmar People
[...] I have taken this point on ceasefire first, because if shooting does stop, whom could we meet. As for humanitarian assistance, there is a need to save lives of the people of Myanmar first. Save lives from armed clashes and violence. We needed to save lives by providing them with food, medicine, vaccines. I told Min Aung Hlaing at a dining that (from) the ASEAN Fund for Vaccines, I would like to offer Cambodian shares, about US$ 1 million, to Myanmar [...] although Cambodia is poor, Cambodia’s heart is not [...]

Yōhei Sasakawa as Advisor to ASEAN Chair in 2022
[...] Humanitarian assistance mechanism should be set up with ASEAN stakeholders, the Special Envoys of the ASEAN Chair, the ASEAN Secretary-General, the AHA Center and relevant UN agencies and friends of Myanmar set up by Brunei [...] I will meet Yōhei Sasakawa on the 31st (January, and he has a record) of 131 visits to Myanmar. I would like to ask him to be an advisor to the ASEAN chair in 2022 to help me mediate, because he knows almost all sides in Myanmar. If he agrees on January 31, I will meet [...] he will come to see me. I hope he hears this and will volunteer to be the advisor to the ASEAN chair on Myanmar for 2022 [...]

Samdech Techo Hun Sen,
Inauguration Ceremony of a Portion of National Road 5 Linking
Battambang to Serei Sophaon of Banteay Meanjei, 10 January 2022.

RoK Financing for National Road 2, National Road 22 and National Road 21

The road construction in this place will take us only 32 months. In 2024, this road will be ready. Well, before long, it will be ready. We will benefit from this road network, which I would like to thank the Republic of Korea for its financing. Korea is not only building this road. They also helped us build National Road 2, 22 and 21, which we could have inaugurated but failed because of the (Covid-19 outbreak) event of February 20. We have not yet inaugurated the National Road 21 connecting Takhmao to the Vietnamese border. We should be able to arrange the launch time. We have not put it in the program yet.

Cambodia-Korea Friendship Bridge Phnom Penh-Svay Chrum to Happen

HE the Ambassador mentioned just now about my request and decision to build a Cambodia-Korea Friendship Bridge in Phnom Penh. Thank you very much. Congratulations to all of us on getting the bridge. This Cambodia-Korea Friendship Bridge connects Phnom Penh with Svay Chrum. Svay Chrum is in the commune with the Areykasat commune/Sangkat […] however, that HE the Ambassador had dared to say it, we hope we can have this bridge built. Once we have the bridge, growth and development will come to the district of Lvea Em on the other side (of the Mekong River in Phnom Penh), which will become a satellite city […]

Cambodia-Korea Relationship Born Late but Better Than Not

… Our relationship with Korea is growing. I would like to emphasize that we are a bit slow in the relationship between Cambodia and Korea […] but it is better to be slow than not to happen at all. We have North Korea and South Korea. I am determined to sign a treaty with the Republic of Korea, after which I visited the Republic of Korea in 1996. I still remember when former President Kim Young-sam welcomed me. Once we finished the negotiation, (we) went have dinner. While walking together, he told me – “during your visit to Korea, the Korean side would like to donate two million US dollars to you. His Excellency may take anything you like worth the amount.” I said to him – “Korea has good equipment for building roads. Please, Excellency, help me prepare a set for road construction.” We have a set of road construction equipment that the military engineering team used to build a road connecting Siem Reap to Anlong Veng, the last Khmer Rouge area in 1996.

Samdech Techo HUN SEN ,
Quality Improvement of National Road 48 Project
(EDCF, Republic of Korea), 3 December 2022.