Phnom Penh (FN), Dec. 13 – Khmer civilization expert Rath Sandab said that the US arms embargo on Cambodia is ridiculous. Sandab considered the US’s actions a new cold war idea applied by the US to serve its geopolitical move.

“The new sanction is not different from what the US has done to the kingdom in the 1970s, as they falsely accused Cambodian late king father over having Viet Cong military presence on Cambodian territory, and of other human rights or corruption issues.

Sandab added that the US dropped millions tons of bombs on Cambodian territory, killing hundreds of thousands of Cambodian people and many others disabled and orphans.

From 1970-1975, the war killed over one million Cambodians and inflicted the most severe destruction to the country’s socio-economic infrastructure.

“The US bombing of Cambodia from the 1960s and 1970s was aimed (1) to prevent the spread of communism in Asia and (2) making money from the sale of weapons,” Sandab underlined.

“Is the US’s repeated allegations against Cambodia over military base in Ream not an excuse to resist Chinese influence and break the ASEAN unity?” Sandab asked.

Cambodia has repeatedly denied the allegations, as the Cambodian government firmly adheres to the principles of independence and neutrality enshrined in the Constitution, which strictly forbids the presence of any foreign military base in the Kingdom.

Regarding the arms embargo, the US has never been a supplier of military equipment and weapons to Cambodia.
=FRESH NEWS