Unofficial translation from Khmer by Socheata Kingdom of Cambodia Nation – Religion – King
To His Majesty King Norodom Sihanouk Hero-King and Father of Khmer Independence, Territorial Integrity and National Unity Revered Majesty, We already received your letter dated 10 November 2009 as well as the attachment letter by H.E. Sam Rainsy dated 07 November 2009. We praise you and deeply thank you for your patriotism and your love for the people who are your children, grandchildren and great- grandchildren. Regarding the letter by H.E. Sam Rainsy, we ask your highest authorization to report the following: As your Majesty is already informed, the land border between the kingdom of Cambodia and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam have been agreed upon by both countries through the 1985 treaty and the 2005 Supplemental Border treaty, and the two countries have already ratified the above treaties. Only the border area in Dak Dam-Dak Hout located in Mondulkiri province has been agreed by both countries to be resolved in the future. The remaining work is the installation of border posts and border delimitation on the actual ground, and the joint technical group from both countries is currently conducting this operation. The two sides are determined to complete the border delimitation and border post installation works by the end of 2012. The border post installation and border delimitation are truly technical work. This is contrary to the untruthful and baseless claim made by Mr. Sam Rainsy in his letter, both the Cambodian and Vietnamese border committees and technical groups consist of equal number of members. Furthermore, this work is very difficult as each side does not allow the other side to gain land through alarming technical violation at all. That is why this work requires lengthy time and uses large amount of material, technique and perseverance. Furthermore, the installation of border posts and border delimitation are conducted based on maps that your Majesty has deposed at the United Nations in 1964. In spite of the highly technical method used, the border delimitation according to the map and the actual land occupation are not the same, this is why in some areas, the border line is moved into an area occupied by the other side, and this leads to problems for the border committees from both countries to agree with each other. Up to now, not a single Cambodian farmer had lost their rice field yet because the joint technical group is still working on planting the border posts only and they have not delimited the border yet. Both sides did not prevent farmers on both sides to stop their farming work. What Mr. Sam Rainsy raised as border problem between Cambodia and Thailand, which had been resolved at the base level already, is not only an invention to create a problem to cheat the public and attract popularity for himself and his party, but also a desire to annoy the Royal Government and all our population who are involved in resolving another difficult problem consisting of the Siamese aggression along the western border. May your Majesty accept our highest respect. May Buddha, the angels protecting the king and the magic objects in the world eternally protect King-Father and Queen-Mother. Done in Phnom Penh 16 November 2009 >From us, (Signed) Chea Sim, Hun Sen, Heng Samrin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org
