Relationship dossier
Cambodia
Myanmar
Relationship assessment
Cambodia pursued direct engagement with Myanmar’s military authorities, but the breadth of bilateral cooperation remains unclear.
Cambodia toward Myanmar
+20Cambodia pursued direct engagement with Myanmar’s military authorities after the 2021 coup. Hun Sen visited Naypyidaw in January 2022, seeking dialogue and pressing for progress on ASEAN’s five-point consensus.
Myanmar toward Cambodia
+15Myanmar’s military authorities hosted Hun Sen during his January 2022 visit, providing a concrete occasion for bilateral dialogue. The extent of subsequent Myanmar government cooperation with Cambodia is unclear.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship has included direct government engagement, notably Hun Sen’s 2022 visit to Myanmar, but the available bilateral facts support only a limited assessment of its breadth and durability. Cambodia’s effort to engage Myanmar also took place amid ASEAN divisions over the military authorities’ compliance with the five-point consensus.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Cambodia pursued direct engagement with Myanmar’s military authorities after the 2021 coup. Hun Sen’s January 2022 visit to Naypyidaw was a concrete effort to maintain bilateral dialogue, while Myanmar’s authorities hosted him. The visit occurred amid disagreement within ASEAN over how to respond to Myanmar, and the scope and durability of subsequent bilateral cooperation are unclear.
Key developments
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen visited Naypyidaw and met Myanmar military leader Min Aung Hlaing, seeking dialogue and progress on ASEAN’s five-point consensus.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral agreements and cooperation following the 2022 visit are unclear.
- The extent of Myanmar’s subsequent engagement with Cambodia on bilateral matters is uncertain.