Washington, DC Wednesday, 17 November 2010
“But if we have a lot of countries as friends, we can find a balance in the relationships...so we can change positions and not allow any one country to freely oppress us.”
The influences of the US and China have begun to overshadow Vietnam, in what could prove a positive development, Cambodia's leading opposition lawmaker says.
“Cambodia is in the strategic zone, so all superpower countries want to have influence over Cambodia,” Sam Rainsy told VOA Khmer.
At the same time, he said, neither country wants to see Cambodia “falling into the other's hand.”
Meanwhile, China and Vietnam have a number of competing interests, including border and sea disputes.
“China does not want Cambodia to become a province or colony of Vietnam at all,” he said. “That's why we see China coming to invest and to escalate its influence in Cambodia. As I understand it, China is a positive element for Cambodia.”
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“Cambodia is in the strategic zone, so all superpower countries want to have influence over Cambodia,” Sam Rainsy told VOA Khmer.
At the same time, he said, neither country wants to see Cambodia “falling into the other's hand.”
Meanwhile, China and Vietnam have a number of competing interests, including border and sea disputes.
“China does not want Cambodia to become a province or colony of Vietnam at all,” he said. “That's why we see China coming to invest and to escalate its influence in Cambodia. As I understand it, China is a positive element for Cambodia.”
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