AKP Phnom Penh, June 22, 2025 --

The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) has affirmed that the Kingdom of Cambodia has sufficient fuel and gas supplies to meet domestic demand.

The statement came following Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet’s announcement earlier this evening to halt all fuel and gas imports from Thailand starting from midnight tonight.

Fuel supply companies in Cambodia are able to import sufficiently from other sources to meet domestic fuel and gas demands within the country, the Premier said in a social media post.

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.

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.

By C. Nika