International Community (30th June – 04th July 2025)
| Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong concluded a state visit to Phnom Penh after meeting his Cambodian counterpart and reaffirming bilateral ties in energy, trade, and other key areas. http://bit.ly/3To4dP9; Japan has “highly appreciated” the goodwill visits of two Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) vessels to the newly modernised Ream Naval Base (RNB), a move seen as both a diplomatic milestone and a strategic signal amid heightened scrutiny over Chinese involvement in the facility. The Japanese government will continue its cooperation with the Cambodian government to support mine clearance training for Ukraine and other countries, aiming to strengthen bilateral and trilateral cooperation in line with the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). https://bit.ly/4eyNi6h; Cambodia’s online scamming industry is a cesspool of “mass scale” rights abuses where hundreds suffer torture, forced labor, human trafficking, and slavery in at least 53 scam centers across the country, a new report says. https://bit.ly/4lvmWEk; Prime Minister Hun Manet stated that he had a meeting with Professor Jean-Marc Sorel to discuss the ongoing process of bringing the border dispute in the Tamoan Thom Temple, Tamoan Tauch Temple, Ta Krabei Temple, and Mom Bei area to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Cambodia reaffirmed its stance on reopening border crossings with Thailand, stating that it is dependent entirely on the Thai side, while urging them to restore the crossings to their original status prior to June 7. https://bit.ly/46r9v40; The Royal Government Spokesperson Unit says that the morning of 4 July 2025, at the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), Sun Chanthol, Deputy Prime Minister and First Vice Chairman of the CDC led the ad-hoc working group to have a virtual conference with the United States Trade Representative (USTR), led by Sarah Ellerman, Assistant USTR for Southeast Asia and the Pacific. |
