Oleh/By		:	DATO' SERI DR. MAHATHIR BIN MOHAMAD 
Tempat/Venue 	: 	CARCOSA SERI NEGARA, KUALA LUMPUR 
Tarikh/Date 	: 	06/09/95 
Tajuk/Title  	: 	LUNCH IN HONOUR OF HIS MAJESTY 
			NORODOM SIHANOUK VARMAN 



         It  gives  me  great pleasure to once again welcome
    Your  Majesties to Malaysia.

    2.    I am deeply honoured that Your Majesties are able
    to  accept  my  invitation for lunch.  My  wife  and  I
    cherish the warm reception and the sumptuous lunch that
    Your Majesties hosted when I paid an official visit  to
    Cambodia  on August 14, 1994 which coincided  with  the
    Khmer New Year.  This warm gesture on the part of  Your
    Majesties, my wife and I will always hold dear  to  our
    hearts.
    
    3.   Your Majesties visit is of special significance to
    all Malaysians as we receive You today as King of Cambodia.
    In  more  ways  than  one, given  Your  Majesties  long
    association with Malaysia, your visit today  is  reason
    for all Malaysians to rejoice over your re-accession to
    the Glorious Khmer Throne.

    4.    Your  Majesty, having entered the world arena  as
    leader of Your people over 50 years ago, at a time when
    this part of  the world was a  collection of  colonies,
    Your dedication and sacrifice for Your country continues
    to  this  day,  leading  to  the restoration  of  peace
    in Cambodia and the region as well. This would not have
    been  possible without Your Majesty's momentous efforts
    and Your vision for a peaceful South East Asia.

    5.    On behalf of the Government and my own behalf,  I
    would  like to convey our sincere wish for Your Majesty
    and Government to regard Malaysia as a true friend.  We
    are  keen to collaborate with, and be of assistance to,
    Cambodia,  not  to mention, encourage  members  of  the
    Malaysian  private sector to play a  positive  role  in
    Cambodia's   reconstruction   and   development.    The
    Malaysian private sector has contributed a lot  towards
    making  Malaysia  what it is today.   If  you  consider
    Malaysia's  development a worthy model,  we  think  the
    Malaysian  private  sector can do  the  same  for  your
    country.
    
    6.    Your  Majesty, given the situation today  whereby
    Southeast Asia  is becoming stable and peaceful and, at
    the same time, experiencing active growth,  we  believe
    that  countries in the region should cooperate fully to
    help one another prosper. This is  Malaysia's  approach
    towards  our neighbours for the simple reason  that  we
    have a stake in the stability and prosperity of all our
    neighbours.

    7.    It  is  our fervent hope too that Cambodia  which
    recently has become an observer in ASEAN, will be  able
    to  become a full member in the not too distant  future
    so  that Cambodia's membership of ASEAN will help bring
    forward  a  stable, prosperous and a  united  Southeast
    Asia.

 
 



 









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