Cambodia–France relations
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Cambodia–France relations (Khmer: ទំនាក់ទំនងកម្ពុជា–បារាំង, French: Relations Cambodge–France) are the bilateral relations between the Kingdom of Cambodia and the French Republic. Cambodia was a protectorate of France from 11 August 1863 to 9 November 1953. King Norodom approached the French in 1861, in an attempt to stop neighbors Thailand and Vietnam from swallowing Cambodia's land.