A meeting was held in Hanoi on Jan. 7 to mark the 33rd anniversary of
the Victory over the Khmer Rouge Genocidal Regime in Cambodia.
Cambodian
Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Men Sam On joined Vietnamese Vice
President Nguyễn Thi Doan and Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Văn Ninh at the
ceremony.
The President of the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship
Association, Vũ Mão affirmed the historical significance of the victory
on January 7, 1979, saying that it opened up an era of independence,
peace, freedom and development for Cambodia.
This was a victory of justice and the fighting solidarity between the Vietnamese and Cambodian peoples, he added.
During
three years of ruling, the Pol Pot regime killed more than 2 million
Cambodian people. It also launched a bloody war violating Vietnam’s
territorial sovereignty.
Responding to the urgent appeal for help
of the Cambodian people, and also in exercising the legitimate
self-defence right to protect the sacred Vietnamese fatherland, the
Vietnamese army and people helped the Cambodian people overturn the
genocide regime.
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Men Sam On
thanked the Vietnamese Party, State and people for their great
assistance for Cambodia in fighting the genocide regime.
This
historical victory is an undeniable truth, she affirmed, adding that the
Cambodian people have overcome all the hardships to successfully
implement reconstruction and confidently integrate into the
international community./.