01/11/2009
Agence France-Presse
PHNOM PENH - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will attend a regional summit in neighboring Thailand next month despite an earlier statement that he may not go, a government spokesman said on Sunday.
Hun Sen said last week it would be costly and difficult for him to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting, recently moved from the Thai capital to the seaside town of Hua Hin.
"He (Hun Sen) did not say he would not join, but he had some difficulty. However, after discussions, he feels sure he can go," spokesman Khieu Kanharith told AFP.
The summit was originally set to be held in Bangkok in December but was moved first to the northern city of Chiang Mai, then delayed and moved again to the coast in late February as political turmoil engulfed Thailand.
Thailand currently holds the rotating chairmanship of ASEAN, which groups it with Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam.
Hun Sen said last week it would be costly and difficult for him to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting, recently moved from the Thai capital to the seaside town of Hua Hin.
"He (Hun Sen) did not say he would not join, but he had some difficulty. However, after discussions, he feels sure he can go," spokesman Khieu Kanharith told AFP.
The summit was originally set to be held in Bangkok in December but was moved first to the northern city of Chiang Mai, then delayed and moved again to the coast in late February as political turmoil engulfed Thailand.
Thailand currently holds the rotating chairmanship of ASEAN, which groups it with Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam.
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