VN condemns Cambodian extremists’ violent actions

VGP – Viet Nam strongly criticizes recent violent actions by some Cambodian extremists as they affected the two nations’ relationship and border landmark planting process, stated Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Le Hai Binh.

July 01, 2015 9:37 AM GMT+7

Earlier on June 28, a group of about 250 Cambodians, including a number of parliament members from the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), entered deeply into the area of border marker No. 203 in Viet Nam’s Long An province.

Viet Nam’s functional agencies and local people stopped the group and explained to them but some Cambodian extremists attacked them and caused injuries to seven Vietnamese persons.
Mr. Binh said "We strongly criticize violent actions caused by some Cambodian extremists, which violate the two countries’ laws, Agreements and Conventions.

Viet Nam attaches importance to the all-faceted cooperation and neighborly friendship with Cambodia and expects to develop a borderline of peace and friendship with the neighbor.

We demand Cambodian functional agencies to take measures to properly handle the incident and prevent the occurrence of similar actions to ensure the smooth implementation of border delimitation for the joint interest of both peoples."

By Thuy Dung