Czech Republic's President Vaclav Klaus (R) and Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni review a guard of honour during the welcoming ceremony at Prague Castle in Prague September 19, 2006. Sihamoni is on an official visit to Czech Republic. REUTERS/David W Cerny
Czech Republic's President Vaclav Klaus (L) and Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni review a guard of honour during the welcoming ceremony at Prague Castle in Prague September 19, 2006. Sihamoni is on an official visit to Czech Republic. REUTERS/David W Cerny 19.9. 2006
Author: ČTK CeskéNoviny.cz (Czech Republic)
Prague- The Czech Republic is the second homeland for Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni, he told journalists after meeting Czech President Vaclav Klaus today.
"I cannot compare this visit with any other of my foreign trips. It is an extraordinary event for me. My visit to the Czech Republic is much more than only an official stay," Sihamoni said.
The king said he has loved Prague ever since he lived there many years ago.
"It is unique to have a friend in faraway Cambodia," Klaus said. He said Sihamoni was the first king of a foreign country who spoke Czech.
Klaus and Sihamoni called for the development of Czech-Cambodian relations. Klaus said he considers these relations not very intensive. Sihamoni expressed his hope that his visit to Prague may help change this.
Sihamoni, born in Phnom Penh in 1953 as a son of the Cambodian king, can speak Czech fluently as he lived in Prague in 1962-1975. He attended primary and secondary schools and then studied ballet there.
In 1976 he returned to Cambodia, but his father was dethroned in 1970. After the civil war, he became the head of state formally again but the whole family was kept in a house arrest in Phnom Penh.
Norodom Sihamoni fled for China and then he entered a Buddhist monastery, thus escaping the fate of his five siblings who were murdered along with another two million Cambodians. In the end he settled down in Paris where he founded a dance school teaching ballet and the traditional Khmer dance.
After the peace agreement was signed in Cambodia in 1992, Norodom Sihamoni represented his country in the U.N., and from 1993 he occupied the post of ambassador to UNESCO. He was elected Cambodian king in October 2002 after his father abdicated.
The Cambodian King was also among the personalities who were this year presented with the Foreign Ministry's Gratias agit award for promoting the good name of the Czech Republic abroad.
"I cannot compare this visit with any other of my foreign trips. It is an extraordinary event for me. My visit to the Czech Republic is much more than only an official stay," Sihamoni said.
The king said he has loved Prague ever since he lived there many years ago.
"It is unique to have a friend in faraway Cambodia," Klaus said. He said Sihamoni was the first king of a foreign country who spoke Czech.
Klaus and Sihamoni called for the development of Czech-Cambodian relations. Klaus said he considers these relations not very intensive. Sihamoni expressed his hope that his visit to Prague may help change this.
Sihamoni, born in Phnom Penh in 1953 as a son of the Cambodian king, can speak Czech fluently as he lived in Prague in 1962-1975. He attended primary and secondary schools and then studied ballet there.
In 1976 he returned to Cambodia, but his father was dethroned in 1970. After the civil war, he became the head of state formally again but the whole family was kept in a house arrest in Phnom Penh.
Norodom Sihamoni fled for China and then he entered a Buddhist monastery, thus escaping the fate of his five siblings who were murdered along with another two million Cambodians. In the end he settled down in Paris where he founded a dance school teaching ballet and the traditional Khmer dance.
After the peace agreement was signed in Cambodia in 1992, Norodom Sihamoni represented his country in the U.N., and from 1993 he occupied the post of ambassador to UNESCO. He was elected Cambodian king in October 2002 after his father abdicated.
The Cambodian King was also among the personalities who were this year presented with the Foreign Ministry's Gratias agit award for promoting the good name of the Czech Republic abroad.
5 comments:
Wish you stay at second homeland as your father does in China.
Do not go back to Cambodia, you waste Khmer people money too much.
You and your father take money fron Cambodian Tax money and donate it to your subjects and your servants and fasly announced that it is your gift.
It is very ashamed that you and Sihanouk cheated Cambodians so long.
It is a very easy job to take somebody money and give it to them as yours.
You know it is not bad after all to have a good relation with Czech. Many good military weapons made in Czech republic and I would like to see more flow of Czech military goods to Cambodia as soon as possible.
Thank you King Sihamoni! I told you Cambodia have King for a purpose!
Czech is one among technological advanced countries in Europ. it is behind only England, German and France.
I wish the King builds a strong ally with Czech.
To 11:35p.m
Yes!, and use it to get rid of ......you know what I mean. I hope it will happen soon.
In my dream every night. Some dream do come true and some don't, but may be this one will. Let's pray for their quick removal.
Hey, look the playboy here, he want to livie in Czech or become an real citizenship with them becaues he was a communism leader since his was there. another he will return back there if our land get all sole to Vietnam and his mom him bring all thi beenfit live in Czech free and injoy off their to died. the it real monkey king
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