LI President and Dutch Foreign Minister Meet with Sam Rainsy

Source: http://www.liberal-international.org

Cambodia's Opposition leader Sam Rainsy launched a tour to the European capitals to discuss with the top liberals in government the findings of the latest report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Cambodia. In follow up to the meetings with LI SG Emil Kirjas in London, Sam Rainsy visited The Netherlands and had meetings with both Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal (VVD, LI Full member) and LI President Hans van Baalen MEP (VVD). Minister Rosenthal acknowledged that The Netherlands, having signed the Paris Peace Agreements, has a special role to play to promote free and fair elections in Cambodia. Hans van Baalen, in a separate meeting with Sam Rainsy and his wife Saumura Tioulong MP, stated that he will “raise support for free and fair elections in Cambodia in both the European Parliament and Liberal International'. The UN Report highlights the exiled situation of Sam Rainsy and requests “a political solution to enable him, as the leader of the opposition, to play a full role in Cambodian politics.”