No plans to evacuate 23 Cambodian families in Ukraine

Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday there are no plans to evacuate 23 Cambodian families living in Ukraine in a bid to show solidarity with that country’s government and people. He recalled a similar situation when the government did not repatriate Cambodian students when China was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Even though there are 23 Cambodian families in Ukraine, I have not ordered any of our people there to flee from Ukraine. “If that is the way the people of Ukraine are living, our people should too,” he said at the inauguration ceremony of the Cambodia-China Friendship Hospital Preah Kossomak yesterday.

“We do not want to evacuate Cambodians who live on Ukraine land and work there, but want to flee when there is a problem. Fleeing is not the right thing to do ,” Mr Hun Sen said. He recalled that he had to apologise to the Chinese president on behalf of some Cambodian students who fled China when the country was  plagued by Covid-19. Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Chum Sounry could not be reached for comment yesterday.

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