Kammala wannan jumla: A shekarar 1979, lokacin da gwamnatin Khmer Rouge a makwabciyar Cambodia ta kasance
An yi watsi da shi, wannan ya haifar da damuwa a Thailand kuma gwamnatin Thai ta hanzarta hada kai da Khmer Rouge, daga baya CGDK, saboda tsoron fadada Vietnam. A zahiri, Thailand ta kasance ta farko a cikin ASEAN, wacce take cikinta, wajen adawa da mamayar Vietnam ta Kambodiya.