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September 04, 1969

Reference: This Agreement is also published in VIII DFA TS No. 2, p. 1.

THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES and the KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA, animated by the desire to strengthen and perpetuate the friendly relations happily existing between them, have resolved to conclude a TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP the provisions of which are as follows:

ARTICLE I

There shall be perpetual peace and everlasting amity between the Republic of the Philippines and the Kingdom of Cambodia and their peoples.

ARTICLE II

Should any dispute arise between the two High Contracting Parties which cannot satisfactorily be adjusted by diplomacy, or through mediation or arbitration, the Parties shall not use force for settlement, but shall refer the dispute to the International Court of Justice for final adjudication.

ARTICLE III

Each High Contracting Party shall endeavor to accredit to the other diplomatic representatives who, after having been recognized and accepted, shall enjoy in the territory of the latter, on the basis of reciprocity, the rights, privileges and immunities generally recognized under international law.

ARTICLE IV

Each High Contracting Party may establish consulates in the territory of the other which shall enjoy, on the basis of reciprocity, privileges and immunities according to international law.

ARTICLE V

The nationals of each High Contracting Party within the territory of the other shall be permitted to enjoy, on the basis of reciprocity, the right to travel, to reside and to engage in trade, industry and other peaceful and lawful pursuits, subject always to the Constitution, existing laws and regulations of the latter.

ARTICLE VI

This Treaty shall be subject to ratification by the High Contracting Parties in accordance with their respective constitutional procedures. It shall enter into force upon the exchange of ratifications, which shall take place at Manila, Philippines, and shall thereafter remain in force unless and until terminated by either Contracting Party upon one year's written notice to the other.

IN FAITH WHEREOF, the plenipotentiaries of the High Contracting Parties have signed the present Treaty and have hereunto affixed their seals.

DONE in duplicate, in the English and the Cambodian languages, both texts being equally authoritative, in the City of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia, this fourth day of September in the year one thousand nine hundred and sixty nine.