Starting from midnight tonight, all fuel and gas imports from Thailand will be halted, announced Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet in a social media post this evening.
Fuel supply companies in Cambodia are able to import sufficiently from other sources to meet domestic fuel and gas demands within the country, he added.
On June 20, in response to a Thai opposition party that had proposed the Thai government to stop selling oil to Cambodia, aiming to pressure the Kingdom into submission, Cambodian Senate President Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen firmly stated that Cambodia will not collapse simply because we don’t import oil from Thailand. On the contrary, it may be Thailand’s own PTT company that will face the consequences.
As the leader of the party, Samdech Techo Hun Sen has advised the Royal Government to seriously consider redirecting imports away from Thailand, so that they will have no justification to continue issuing threats.
Furthermore, he added, if the border gate situation remains unresolved, Cambodia should suspend the import of all canned goods from Thailand, from all kinds of alcohol beverages and energy drinks to all kinds of canned fish and canned meat, replacing them with locally produced or products imported from other countries other than Thailand.
“The Cambodian people must look beyond our borders and beyond the year 2030,” he underlined.
