‘Small or Powerful, Every Nation Is Sovereign’: Hun Sen Recalls 1979 Diplomatic Lesson
PHNOM PENH, October 9, 2026 — Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen has recalled his first diplomatic meeting with former Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in 1979, describing the encounter as a defining moment that shaped his longstanding political philosophy of “equality and equal rights” in international relations. In a social








