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After being asked to cut ties with China, Cambodia confronted the United States and announced the destruction of American equipment

2024-08-07

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In order to further curb China's influence, the United States not only suppresses China in every possible way, but now extends its black hands to our allies. The U.S. Department of Commerce issued a public statement on the 8th of this month, saying that because Cambodia allowed China's military presence in the country and maliciously accused Cambodia of so-called human rights issues and corruption, the United States unilaterally announced an embargo on Cambodia, and the U.S. State Department also announced an arms embargo on Cambodia at the same time. Faced with the aggressive United States, Cambodia not only did not choose to surrender, but the country's Prime Minister Hun Sen even chose to confront directly.

According to a report released by Cambodian media Khmer Times on the 10th of this month, the country's Prime Minister Hun Sen made a clear response to a series of export restrictions imposed by the United States, which is to order all armed forces across Cambodia to "either throw them into warehouses or destroy them directly" if they find any American-made weapons and equipment.

Hun Sen first said that he was "very grateful" for the US sanctions because he had decided to refuse to use US weapons since 1994. Today, the US is no longer Cambodia's main arms supplier. At the same time, Prime Minister Hun Sen also "digs up old accounts" with the US government, accusing the US of creating a "debt trap" for Cambodia through arms trade in the 1970s, which has become a mess that cannot be solved to this day. Prime Minister Hun Sen did not forget to "finish the knife", saying that Afghanistan and other countries still use US weapons, but still failed in the war.