Phnom Penh (FN), June 23 — Prime Minister Hun Sen announced that Cambodia will commemorate the 20-year anniversary of completely ending civil war.

The announcement was made during the inauguration ceremony of opening Safari World Phnom Penh by L.Y.P Group on Saturday.

The commemoration will be held on 29 December 2018, several days ahead of New Year at the Win-Win Memorial, located in the development area of ​​Ly Yong Phat in Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changvar district.

“Cambodia could end the war by the win-win policy. Let’s celebrate. We will dance like never before. We celebrate for the 20 years of ending war and no civil wars,” said Prime Minister Hun Sen.

“The world will know that Cambodians are willing to sacrifice their lives to end civil war,” he added.

The premier hoped that Chroy Changvar will become a national and international tourist attraction, thanks to the development of LYP group. The site will welcome the delegates of SEA Games in 2023 to the newly built stadium in LYP development area.

He reminded that this Safari World site was formerly an ammunition storage of the Khmer Rouge to attack Phnom Penh and that during the 1990s, the site was used just to grow watermelons.

To ensure national events will not occur at the same time, the premier decided to move 2018 Sea Festival that is normally celebrated at the end of December to mid-December.
=FRESH NEWS