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e that would ultimately delay Cambodia's ASEAN entry began when at least 19 people were killed and 125 were wounded after attackers tossed grenades at an opposition party demonstration near the National Assembly in Phnom Penh.' (Shaftel, ND). After this attack, although the Prime Minister of Malaysia and senior Philippine Foreign Ministry officials had suggested Cambodia to solve its own internal political problems, Cambodia could not encounter the issues. Moreover, the tensions between Cambodia's two prime ministers became even worse. In July 5th and 6th, 1997, the tensions broke out between the CPP and FUNCINPEC before the ASEAN entry date. Therefore, only Burma and Lao PDR were able to become ASEAN members, and the Cambodia's admission to the ASEAN membership had been suspended because of the political instabilities between the two co-prime ministers. In 1998, after the election, Cambodia admitted itself to become ASEAN member again; ASEAN agreed. 'Cambodia finally got the nod from ASEAN at a two-day summit in Hanoi later in December. At the summit, ASEAN leaders said they would admit Cambodia, though a date for a formal ceremony had not been set.' (Shaftel, ND). In April 30, 1999, Cambodia was successfully become a member state in ASEAN. From that time on, Cambodia has got many benefits from ASEAN in terms of economic and political interest and also got more power in the international communities.

In conclusion, the political instability in 1997 was the main reason which blocked Cambodia from joining as an ASEAN member state. As Cambodia's government did not want the other states to interfere in its own political issue, there were a lot of Cambodian civilians who were killed and injured. In my own opinion, at that moment, the government should not use force to resolve the problem because the citizens would be affected the most. On the contrary, the government should have suggested to the international organizations such as the United Nations or ASEAN to help Cambodia solve the problem rather than solving by itself. International organizations would have more ways to resolve the problem, especially in a peace way.

柬埔寨在东盟经济中扮演的角色-The Economic Role of Cambodia in ASEAN

Cambodia's Role in Single Base Market and Production Base Market?

As one of the ASEAN's purposes was to ensure the regional economic growth, the leaders of each member states in ASEAN proclaimed in October 2003, 'a€|that the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) shall be the goal of regional economic integration (Bali Concord II) by 2020.' ('Asean economic community blueprint [Electronic version],' 2007). However, in 2007, after the 12th ASEAN summit, all leaders asserted their powerful commitment to set up the single base market and production base market, so they agreed to speed up the establishment of AEC particularly by 2015, and to change ASEAN into a regional community with free flow of goods, services, investment, skilled labor, and capital. Cambodia did not reject the assertion made by the other nations although it can be a hardship for itself as it is still a developing country. Even though Cambodia cannot successfully achieve the five elements which exist in the single base market and the production base market, at least, Cambodia does do a good job in terms of enhancing the free flow of goods and investment.

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