Ask the RSV government to replace the border posts between Vietnam and Cambodia with those along the Vietnamese-Cambodian border that were officially recognized by the DRV and the NFL: Sihanouk

Unofficial translation from French by KI-Media

Samdech Preah Norodom Sihanouk
Head of State and President of the National Supreme Council of Cambodia
To His Royal Highness Krom Luong Norodom Ranariddh and
His Excellency Mr. Hun Sen,
Co-Presidents of the Provisory National Government of Cambodia
Royal Highness,
Excellency,

I learned, this morning, through the news media, that, near the end of this July 1993 month, you will pay a friendly visit of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV).

In Hanoi, please ask the RSV government to replace the border posts between Vietnam and Cambodia with those along the Vietnamese-Cambodian border that were officially recognized by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam [North Vietnam] and by the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam [Vietcong] in the 60s and 70s: at certain locations, during the 80s, these border posts were moved well inside Cambodia’s territory. Also during the 80s, [border] gates that mark the so-called “Vietnamese-Cambodian border” were built deep inside Cambodian territories. These [border] “gates” must be demolished if they are found not to be exactly at the borderline between Vietnam and Cambodia which prevailed up to the eve of the Lon Nol-Sirik Matak coup d’etat.

As for the maritime border between Vietnam and Cambodia, it must not be different from the one recognized by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and by the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam during the 60s.

Please tell the eminent government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam that our friendship for Socialist Vietnam and its People remains unchanged and will remain large. But, the friendship between our two countries and our two People can only be effective and strong only with the mutual respect of our land maritime borders which were internationally recognized in the 60s and which were recognized by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and by the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam themselves in the 60s and 70s.

Please accept, Royal Highness and Excellency, the assurance of my highest consideration and my deepest affection.

(Signed) Norodom Sihanouk
Beijing, 19 July 1993