Prime Minister Hun Sen has reiterated the Royal
Government’s strong determination to continue maintaining political and
macroeconomic stability regardless of COVID-19 crisis.
“Despite any circumstances, the Royal
Government reaffirmed its commitment to uphold its mastership of two priorities
– continue maintaining political stability, the key foundation for situation
management, and keeping macroeconomic stability, preventing inflation and
augmentation of commodity prices on market […],” said the premier in his
message to the masses on the occasion of the International Day of Peace (Sept.
21).
COVID-19 crisis has been hitting economically
and socially almost all countries, including Cambodia, he continued, stressing
that the spread of COVID-19 and the economic crisis have posed great threat to
the development attained by Cambodia in the past 30 years of its history.
In addition to the COVID-19 crisis, the
competitions between superpowers have made the global situation more complex
and tense, the Cambodian Premier said, adding that some superpowers have
adopted the policy of unilateralism and protectionism putting unprecedented
pressure on the international order based on law and multilateralism which had
maintained the world’s peace and prosperity for nearly 75 years.
In this context, some Western powers have been
systematically cooperating in pressuring Cambodia to follow their own political
path, as they did in the 1970s-1980s by abusing the principle of equality and
sovereignty between States and the principle of non-interference in the
internal affairs of other countries as enshrined in the UN Charter and
international laws.
“Cambodia’s bitter experience in the past and
the successful implementation of the ‘Win-Win policy’ have made Cambodians
aware of the value of peace and the necessity of peace and stability, the
foundation for development,” Mr Hun Sen said. C. Nika – AKP