Australia’s new foreign minister, Julie Bishop, has talked, as foreign ministers often do, of the need to avoid unproductive “megaphone diplomacy” and to “engage, not enrage” her counterparts. But, it seems that no robust critique was delivered when she met privately with Hun Sen in Phnom Penh on February 22 – even though Australia’s high standing in Cambodia (not least owing to its historical role in the peace process) means that its voice certainly would have been listened to.
澳大利亚新外交部长朱莉·毕晓普（Julie Bishop）打着外交部长惯用的官腔大谈需要避免无效果的“扩音器外交”，要“延请而不是激怒”其他国家的外交部长。但是，当2月22日她和洪森在金边进行私人会晤时，她并没有表达强硬的批评，尽管澳大利亚在柬埔寨所拥有的很高的地位（因为它在和平进程中起到过历史性作用）意味着它的声音一定会被柬埔寨听进去。