AKP Phnom Penh, July 16, 2025 -- 

Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, President of the Senate of Cambodia, has issued a strong response to remarks made by the Acting Prime Minister of Thailand, who claimed that Samdech Techo "holds no value in negotiations."

In a social media post this evening, Samdech Techo Hun Sen stated:

“Earlier, Khliang Huot responded to the Acting Prime Minister and former Minister of Defence of Thailand, who had attacked me.

I would also like to firmly address this individual: if Hun Sen truly held no value for negotiations, then why did you accompany the former Prime Minister, whose position is currently suspended, just to wait for a phone call to meet me in the afternoon of June 15, 2025, without any prior appointment?

On June 15, 2025, you regarded Hun Sen as a person of value, believing it necessary to seek his advice, opinion, or negotiation. But by July 16, 2025, you claimed that Hun Sen held no value in negotiations. Did you take the wrong medication, causing you to lose your memory like this?

As for roles in state governance, I know them well, as I’ve led the executive body since the time you were still a member of the Thai Red Army (Thai Communists) and hadn’t even emerged from the jungle long before going through more than 10 Thai Prime Ministers.

Real negotiations must be conducted by Prime Minister Hun Manet, not with Senate President Hun Sen.

In the past, and even now, you constantly tell the Thai people not to listen too much to Hun Sen. Are you afraid of the social media posts I wrote?

I do not wish to respond to an insolent person like you, but I find it necessary to send a message to the Thai public that the current Acting Prime Minister of Thailand bears responsibility for seeking advice, opinion, or negotiation via phone with Ung Ing on the evening of June 15, 2025.

Wishing you good luck in clinging to your position as Acting Prime Minister for just a little longer.”

By C. Nika