HANOI (Reuters) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Wednesday that countries outside Indochina are too critical of politics in the region and that it should be left to solve its own problems.

 

In a speech alongside other regional leaders, Hun Sen pointed to the international condemnation of his country’s recent election, which was seen by many as a farce after the main opposition party was dissolved. He also cited the international outcry over the violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.

 

“Countries which are outside of the region always slap our heads and tell us what to do,” Hun Sen said at a panel discussion with leaders from Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and Laos at the World Economic Forum on ASEAN in Hanoi.

 

 

“I raised this issue not as a message for any particular country, but I would like to say that these Mekong countries are the political victims, so I request outsiders of the region who don’t know about the issues to let us solve our problems.”

Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party won all 125 parliamentary seats in a July general election, which the United Nations and some Western countries have said was flawed because of the lack of a credible opposition among other factors.

 

The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) was dissolved late last year ahead of the election.

Hun Sen also said Myanmar, whose military has been accused by the United Nations of carrying out mass killings and gang rape on Rohingya Muslims with “genocidal intent,” was misunderstood.

 

 

Myanmar has denied allegations of atrocities, saying its military carried out justifiable actions against militants.

“It’s accused of genocide, but do you all understand about Myanmar? Do you know about Myanmar? They have to solve a lot of challenging issues in relation with security,” Hun Sen said.

 

source https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wef-vietnam-cambodia/cambodia-leader-tells-world-to-stay-out-of-indochina-politics-idUSKCN1LS28J

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 13/09

cry me a mekong river

5 hours ago, geovalin said:

“Countries which are outside of the region always slap our heads and tell us what to do,” Hun Sen said at a panel discussion with leaders from Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and Laos

and I wonder why these particular countries are constantly at the receiving end of the world's head slapping, especially since repeated head slapping is supposed to stimulate the intelligence...

But  our respective home countries carry on giving them millions in aid!

Poor miserable little despot. 

 

7 hours ago, geovalin said:

Do you know about Myanmar? They have to solve a lot of challenging issues in relation with security,” Hun Sen said. 

The last person you want defending you. 

Stop doing business with them cry baby.  Most of the people that live in these countries want to live in the west.  Taking advantage of their own people for their own advantage is their more of operation.  They may want to exclude Vietnam from the list, as it has made much progress.  Corruption abound, and clinging to the past, the citizens pay the price.  China the enabler 

I believe his friend, and Thailand's friend at the time, Pol Pot said something similar at the UN in 1995 or 6

So now this "Dictator" of Cambodia speaks for the rest on Southeast Asia ? The phrase "Indochina" went out with the defeat of the French in Vietnam in 1954. 

he could start by telling those countries that he doesn't want their monetary aid, if he wants them to keep out of their politics.?

15 hours ago, klauskunkel said:

and I wonder why these particular countries are constantly at the receiving end of the world's head slapping, especially since repeated head slapping is supposed to stimulate the intelligence...

Tell that to the boxing  community.