For Small Cambodia, a Prescription of Neutrality

Chheang Vannarith, executive director of the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace. (Photo: By Soeung Sophat, VOA Khmer)

Men Kimseng, VOA Khmer
Washington, D.C Thursday, 30 September 2010

“Cambodia should not lean toward any side, so that it can absorb the benefits from both the US and China. We cannot take one or the other.”

Cambodia stands to benefit from the growing interest from major powers like the US and China, but to do that, it must remain neutral, a leading Cambodian analyst said Monday.

“For a small country like Cambodia, we have to adhere to a neutral foreign policy,” Chheang Vannarith, executive director of the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace, said, as a guest on “Hello VOA.”

“Cambodia should not lean toward any side, so that it can absorb the benefits from both the US and China,” he said. “We cannot take one or the other.”
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