Monday, May 21, 2007

Hun Sen visits Myanmar Junta

May 21, 2007
Cambodian PM visits Myanmar

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen arrived in Nay Pyi Taw Monday to begin a three-day goodwill visit to Myanmar.

It is Hun Sen's another official visit to the country as a Cambodian leader since 2000.

Accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Hor Nam Hong and Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh, Hun Sen is making the trip.

Hun Sen will have talks with Acting Prime Minister Lieutenant- General Thein Sein later after his arrival, official sources said.

Thein Sein, who is also First Secretary of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), was named acting prime minister in the absence of Prime Minister General Soe Win, who, 58, reportedly went to Singapore on May 13 for the second time to receive medical treatment after the first which lasted for less than two months since mid-March. Soe Win was said to have been suffering from leukemia.

Hun Sen is expected to call on SPDC Chairman Senior General Than Shwe in the new capital on Tuesday, the sources added.

Hun Sen's Myanmar visit also came after that to the country by Hor Namhong last month.

In October 1996, SPDC Chairman Senior-General Than Shwe visited Cambodia, during which three agreements were signed on tourism cooperation, air services and establishment of sister cities between Bagan (Myanmar) and Siemreap (Cambodia).

Then Cambodian First Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh also came to Yangon the same year and another agreement on the establishment of a joint commission for bilateral cooperation between the two countries was also inked.

During Hun Sen's 2000 Yangon visit, an agreement on mutual exemption of visas for holders of diplomatic and official passports was further produced.

Representing Cambodia, Hun Sen attended a Mekong economic cooperation strategy summit of four countries -- Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand held in Myanmar's Bagan in November 2003.

In April 2005, Soe Win went to Phnom Penh as part of his three- nation tour to three member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Myanmar and Cambodia are not only cooperating in the 10-nation ASEAN as fellow members but also active in the five-country economic cooperation also known as the Ayeyawaddy-Chao Phraya- Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS).

Source: Xinhua

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Darn, I can never get tire of
seen this type of news. I just love
to see us boost our friendship with
all our neighbors to secure eternal
peace for new generations.

Thank You, Somdach Hun Sen, and
may God continues to help you
achieved your goals for Cambodia
and our people.

Anonymous said...

Man, you are so darn fake.
Look so funny to see a Yuan pretends to be Cambodian.

Anonymous said...

Well, yuon is much closer to Khmer
than Ah Khmer-Gringo like you.

Anonymous said...

Oh now you confessed that you are Yuan. Go back to Hanoi.

Well I am not Khmer Gringo or bastard Yuan, but a concern individual. To see the bastard Yuan like you robbing others' nations like, Champa, Cambodia and Loas, the barbarians like you need to know the truth.
Yuan is not closer to any human but to parasites.

Anonymous said...

Oh yeah, and where the Champa,
Cambodia, and Lao, get their lands
from, huh?

Anonymous said...

Oh yeahh that's why they are fighting back. If your Yuan think you can keep that land you robbed for eternity then let me laugh LOL. I know the Muslims are not going to give up when they have chances, and they are now in actions unless everyone has to support the US.

Anonymous said...

Fluke's Boy, we aint stupid enough
to get in between the US and the
Muslim. Our interest is only for
our country. That is to keep them
from making any trouble here and
destroy our economy.