The Taiwanese government has issued a statement emphasising its status as a sovereign independent nation following Prime Minister Hun Sen's remarks supporting Beijing's One-China policy.
In a speech at a development forum on Monday August 9, Hun Sen said that we follow the One-China policy and Taiwan is just one province of the Peoples Republic of China.
The premiers comments drew the ire of Taiwans Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which said that Cambodia should adopt an open and pragmatic attitude towards trade with Taipei. Continuing these unfriendly remarks, would only make Taiwanese investors hesitant to invest in Cambodia.
Taiwan was the sixth-largest foreign investor in Cambodia, and trade between Taiwan and the Kingdom hit US$336 million in 2009. (Source: Cheang Sokha and Jake Schoneker, Phnom Penh Post, Aug 13, 2010).