Sign of freedom: Balloons being released at the Independence Monument during a ceremony marking Cambodia’s 69th Independence Day celebrations in Phnom Penh. — AFP
The country celebrated the 69th anniversary of its independence from France in an hour-long ceremony held at the Independence Monument here in the capital.
King Norodom Sihamoni, accompanied by Prime Minister Hun Sen and other government officials, laid a wreath and lit the ceremonial victory fire inside the Independence Monument to symbolise the country’s independence.
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