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Phnom Penh - Cambodia's prime minister will attend next month's summit of the Association of Sout East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in neighboring Thailand despite hinting last week he would boycott the meeting, media reports said Monday.
Prime Minister Hun Sen said last week that attending this year's series of ASEAN meetings would be too costly and time consuming, but Foreign Minister Hor Namhong told The Phnom Penh Post newspaper that the premier definitely would attend.
'I would like to confirm that Prime Minister Hun Sen will attend the ASEAN meeting in Hua Hin, Thailand, from February 27 to 28 and March 1,' Hor Namhong said.
The meeting was originally scheduled for mid-December 2008 but was postponed and relocated due to ongoing domestic political turmoil in the Thai capital, Bangkok.
Tensions between Thailand and Cambodia have been simmering since July last year when a border dispute at an ancient Hindu temple erupted into a brief military skirmish.
Prime Minister Hun Sen said last week that attending this year's series of ASEAN meetings would be too costly and time consuming, but Foreign Minister Hor Namhong told The Phnom Penh Post newspaper that the premier definitely would attend.
'I would like to confirm that Prime Minister Hun Sen will attend the ASEAN meeting in Hua Hin, Thailand, from February 27 to 28 and March 1,' Hor Namhong said.
The meeting was originally scheduled for mid-December 2008 but was postponed and relocated due to ongoing domestic political turmoil in the Thai capital, Bangkok.
Tensions between Thailand and Cambodia have been simmering since July last year when a border dispute at an ancient Hindu temple erupted into a brief military skirmish.
4 comments:
LOL, this guy have been known to be a bluffer.
What a flip-flopper!!!
Ah Chakout HUN SEN!!
No wonder they don't respect Cambodia!!
What happened is that the Thais sent a special delegattion to Cambodia last week to lobby and persuade Hun Sen to attend the Summit in Hua Hin and the Thai PM Abhisit phoned Hun Sen twice. Why??? Becoz the Thais are scared to death that if Hun Sen boycotts the summit, our friends in Burma, Laos and Vietnam would follow suit and it's a big slap into the face for the Thais for screwing up so badly the Summit under their chairmanship.
Besides, hosting it in Hua Hin (near Thai King's summer palace) is still not a winning idea as it suffices the Red Shirts sent 100 trucks to block the highways and oads leading to Hua Hin from Bangkok, then how? Would the Police and Army blast the Red Shirts away while the Police and Army have done nothing against the Terrorists yellow Shirts just 2 months ago??? Thai Royalist Hypocrisy at the extreme...
Down the Thai!
HUN SEN should curse Thai some more.
Khmer PP,
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