Research On The Relationship Between Cambodia And Asean After "the National Reconciliation"

The phase 1991-1998 was a period of accelerated progress and final realization of the Cambodian national reconciliation process.After the peaceful settlement of the Cambodian issue,a coalition government composed of the FUNCINPEC and the Cambodian People’s Party was established based on the results of the general election in May 1993,with Norodom Ranariddh as the first Prime Minister and Samdech Hun Sen as the second Prime Minister.Competition between the two parties began to intensify as the Khmer Rouge split erupted and armed conflicts broke out.The “July incident” marked the end of the dual prime minister system,and Hun Sen fully controlled the domestic situation.In 1998,Hun Sen who ledding the Cambodian People’s Party became Prime Minister after winning the general election,which laid the foundation for ending the longterm chaos in Cambodia and marked the basic completion of the national reconciliation process.As one of the most backward countries in the world,the government has faced the aspirations of the domestic people for peace and development,gradually achieved domestic political stability through the implementation of national reconciliation policies,and basically completed the task of national economic recovery.Since then,obtaining external funds and technical assistance to achieve economic take-off and enter the modernization journey has become another important historical task facing the Hun Sen.The government has made integration into the international,first and foremost regional organization,ASEAN,a priority direction of its foreign policy.At the same time,the sudden end of the Cold War not only brought about significant changes in the security environment and regional pattern of the international community and Southeast Asia,but also made ASEAN organizations deeply aware of the necessity and feasibility of achieving regional integration and development.By absorbing countries within the region,including Cambodia,to accelerate the construction of regional groups and ensure lasting peace and stability in Southeast Asia,it has become a good strategy for ASEAN to achieve regional peace and development.Joining ASEAN once again put Cambodia on the “ast track”of priority development.In principle,the 6th ASEAN Summit held in Hanoi,Vietnam,accepted Cambodia’s formal accession to ASEAN.After several months of investigation,Cambodia finally officially joined ASEAN on April 30,1999,becoming the 10 th member state of the organization.Afterwards,the contact density between Cambodia and ASEAN has significantly increased,and both sides have made their respective demands for achieving modernization of national states and collective development of regional organizations more clear in the adjustment of contact.Through the comprehensive construction of the relationship from contact adjustment to dynamic mutual construction,Cambodia and ASEAN have finally achieved a strategic docking of their relationship roles in mutual construction and exchanges.During this process,Cambodia received funding and technical support from ASEAN to achieve its modernization and development,as well as security guarantees provided by the organization;ASEAN has also continuously promoted the process of regional integration and development through individual efforts made by member countries including Cambodia,striving to achieve the beautiful vision of building an ASEAN community.In the future,with the gradual eastward shift of the world’s economic center and supply demand center,the high-performance development of Cambodia’s and ASEAN mutual constructing relationship may become a powerful driving force for each other to achieve their development goals,and it will also continue to serve as an outstanding case of regional integration to promote international relations towards regional grouping development and achieve stable transformation and upgrading of the regional pattern.