(Dili): Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen reiterated that he faced three major pressures when introducing political and economic reforms after becoming prime minister in 1985.

Samdech Techo spoke on Friday (May 9) during a keynote address on "Lessons from Samdech Techo Hun Sen: Cambodia’s Journey from Genocide and Poverty to Freedom and Development” in Dili, Timor-Leste.

“Why was it dangerous? I faced three major pressures,” Samdech Techo Hun Sen recalled. “First, internal opposition that misunderstood the goals of political and economic reform and only saw division. […] Second, I launched these reforms while Vietnamese troops were still in Cambodia—fortunately, Viet Nam respected our sovereign decisions. […] Third, the Soviet Union, as a key donor, could have threatened to cut aid if I remained prime minister—but they, too, respected our path forward.”
=FRESH NEWS