Statement of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Kingdom of Cambodia - Read full

🔹On 20 February the Khmer Times published an article “Russia lauds Cambodia’s neutrality on Ukraine issue”.

🔹The Embassy rejects the distortion of the position of the Russian Federation, as well as attribution to the officials of the diplomatic mission of a set of fictitious quotations, presumably aimed to support the author’s personal understanding of Russia’s view on the Cambodian Chairmanship in ASEAN in 2022, the stance of the Royal Government on the crisis around Ukraine, including the issue of training of the Ukrainian deminers by the Kingdom.

🔹The Cambodian Foreign Ministry provided sufficient information on the Ukrainian format of participation in the 17th EAS Summit.

🔹Russia respects and supports the ASEAN centrality in the region.

🔹The Embassy indeed noted that Russia is open to further developing multifaceted cooperation with the Kingdom.

🎖 23 февраля в российских загранучреждениях прошли памятные и торжественные мероприятия, посвящённые Дню защитника Отечества.

🕯 Дипломаты традиционно принимали участие в церемониях возложения венков и цветов к памятникам и могилам советских воинов.

🎉 Проводились торжественные приёмы по случаю отмечаемого в России государственного праздника.

📸 Демонстрировались фотовыставки, посвящённые воинским подвигам защитников Отечества прошлого и настоящего.

🎙 Главы российских загранучреждений поздравили российских военнослужащих, защищающих свободу и независимость нашей Родины.

О том, как встретили 23 февраля, почтили память защитников Отечества в разных странах мира, 👉 смотрите в нашей подборке материалов российских загранучреждений.

27 февраля Посол Российской Федерации в Камбодже А.В.Боровик встретился с Государственным секретарём Министерства иностранных дел и международного сотрудничества Кунг Пхоаком.

В фокусе беседы были темы сотрудничества в формате диалогового партнёрства Россия-АСЕАН, а также взаимодействие в рамках других асеаноцентричных площадок.
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On 27 February H.E. Mr. Anatoly Borovik, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Cambodia, had a meeting with H.E. Mr. Kung Phoak, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom.

The conversation focused on the matters of cooperation within Russia-ASEAN Dialogue Partnership, and interactions in other ASEAN-related frameworks.

✍️ Article by Alexey Drobinin, Director, Foreign Policy Planning Department, Russia’s Foreign Ministry “The vision of a multipolar world: The civilizational factor and Russia’s place in the emerging world order“, the Journal “Russia in Global Affairs“, February 20, 2023

💬 Undoubtedly, deep down the reasons for the World Majority’s unwillingness to become part of the anti-Russian coalition are not directly related to Ukraine. Russian experts are of the view that “residents of the former ‘third world’ believe that opposing former colonial rulers is right and historically irreversible”.

Russia’s actions are viewed through the prism of restoring the historical justice. There is a genuine “opportunity emerging to build effective patterns of interaction and development not against the West, but in circumvention of the West and without its involvement”. This is not what is known as the “non-violent resistance to evil” according to Leo Tolstoy or Mahatma Gandhi, but just the elementary disregard of the West (the embodiment of evil). As it happens, it is possible to develop successfully outside the “master and slave” paradigm imposed by the former colonial powers.

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⚡️ On the Istanbul food and fertiliser agreements

There are mounting speculations on further developments as the expiration date of the second 120-day term of the Black Sea Initiative on exporting Ukrainian grain draws nearer. At Kiev and Washington’s instigation, it is being insinuated that the initiative should be both preserved in its existing parameters (the three ports – Odessa, Chernomorsk and Yuzhny – for 120 days with the possibility of another 120-day extension, if none of the three parties – Russia, Türkiye or Ukraine – have any objections) and expanded in terms of time and space (for one year with the addition of more seaports). This is being accompanied by clumsy attempts to invoke UN efforts to ensure global food security.

In this connection, a reminder of the UN Secretary-General’s grain deal concept in general and of how the Istanbul Agreements of July 22, 2022 were signed in particular, is in order. As is common knowledge, Antonio Guterres suggested a package deal to normalise food and fertiliser supplies from Russia and Ukraine as a response to the worsening food crisis against the background of the Covid-19 pandemic, uncontrolled Western money printing, and an accelerated transition to the green economy. This suggestion was formalised in Istanbul on July 22, 2022, in the form of the simultaneous signing of two mutually complementary agreements – the above-mentioned Black Sea Initiative and the Russia-UN Memorandum on promoting Russian agricultural products.

Their synchronised and interconnected implementation is designed to reduce the threat of hunger and provide assistance to needy countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

☝️ But in practice, eight months after the signing, just one part of the package – the exportation of Ukrainian food – is being implemented. Moreover, the mode of its implementation is far from the announced humanitarian aims. <...>

Progress in implementing the Russia-UN Memorandum on promoting Russian agricultural exports is tending towards zero. The reason is the West’s stubborn unwillingness to recognise the second part of the Guterres package and their continued application of sanctions, which, despite all the empty declarations by Washington, Brussels and London, still extend to food and fertilisers. In fact, UN officials are trying to lift restrictions on Russian agricultural products; these restrictions must be null and void in a situation where global food security is at stake. But the UN efforts are futile. <...>

Thus, we have to state that the package of agreements proposed by Antonio Guterres and signed in Istanbul on July 22, 2022 is not working. The main problem is that the Western countries are sabotaging the implementation of the Russia-UN Memorandum. As is obvious, the Americans and Europeans are totally unconcerned with either the needs of destitute countries or the efforts of the United Nations, which they have long and persistently attempted to turn into an obedient tool for serving their political interests.

❗️ It is high time they stopped playing the food card. The lion’s share of Ukrainian grain is sold at dumping prices for fodder in the EU rather than in the poorest countries. At the same time, they openly put obstacles in the way of Russian agricultural exports, no matter what the Europeans and Americans say to the contrary. After all, they are not strangers to telling lies.

☝️ The West is shamelessly burying the humanitarian package initiated by the UN Secretary-General.

🎙Excerpts from Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answers to questions during the Raisina Dialogue conference (New Delhi, 3 March 2023)

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💬No delivery on the oral commitments, no delivery on written commitments, and no delivery on legally binding commitments (from the West). And all this was accompanied by NATO instructors beefing up the Ukrainian Army, and Ukraine getting more and more weapons.
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🔹We defended our security and we defended the people, the Russian people who had been denied by Petr Poroshenko and Vladimir Zelensky, denied the right to use the Russian language in education, in the media, in culture, in everything.
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🔹These days, when it is something which the West is doing, it is believed that it is right, and when Russia has, after many years of warnings, started to defend itself, there is nothing except Ukraine which is of interest for the G20. It is a shame.

Посольство России в Камбодже поздравляет женщин с Международным женским днём.

Идея проведения международного дня женщин в качестве протеста пролетариата против политического бесправия работниц была высказана активисткой германского и международного рабочего движения Кларой Цеткин.

Традиция проведения праздника 8 марта (23 февраля по старому стилю) стала укрепляться повсеместно после того, как в 1914 году женщины Австро-Венгрии, Германии, Дании, России, США и других стран провели митинги протеста и солидарности именно в этот день.

В рамках ООН данную дату впервые отметили в 1975 г.

ស្ថានទូតរុស្ស៊ីប្រចាំកម្ពុជា អបអរសាទរនារីក្នុងឱកាសខួបទី១១២ ទិវាអន្តរជាតិនារី។

គំនិតនៃការប្រារព្ធទិវាអន្តរជាតិនារី ត្រូវបានស្នើដោយ លោកស្រី Clara Zetkin សកម្មជននៃចលនាពលកម្មអន្តរជាតិអាល្លឺម៉ង់ ជាសញ្ញានៃការតវ៉ា អន្តរជាតិរបស់វណ្ណៈពលជីវី ប្រឆាំងនឹងការខ្វះខាតខាងនយោបាយ នៃសិទ្ធិរបស់ស្ត្រីជាពលករ។

ប្រពៃណីនៃការប្រារព្ធទិវាអន្តរជាតិនារី (ថ្ងៃទី២៣ ខែកុម្ភៈ យោងតាមប្រតិទិនចាស់) បានចាប់ផ្តើមនៅគ្រប់ទីកន្លែងបន្ទាប់ពីឆ្នាំ១៩១៤ ពេលស្ត្រីពីប្រទេសអូទ្រីស-ហុងគ្រី អាល្លឺម៉ង់ ដាណឺម៉ាក រុស្ស៊ី សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិកនិងប្រទេសដទៃទៀត បានប្រមូលផ្តុំការតវ៉ានិងសាមគ្គីភាពនៅថ្ងៃនេះ។

ទិវាអន្តរជាតិនារី ត្រូវបានប្រារព្ធឡើងជាលើកដំបូងនៅអង្គការសហ
ប្រជាជាតិនៅថ្ងៃទី៨ ខែមីនា ឆ្នាំ១៩៧៥។
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Embassy of Russia in Cambodia congratulates women on the International Women’s Day.

The idea of holding an international women's day as a protest of the proletariat against the political disenfranchisement of workers was initially voiced by activist of the German and international labor movement Clara Zetkin.

The tradition of celebrating 8 March (23 February in old style) strengthened around the world after women of Austro-Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Russia, USA and other countries held rallies on that very day in 1914 in protest and solidarity.

The UN firstly marked the date in 1975.