SAM RAINSY AND KEM SOKHA IN AUSTRALIA
Representing the united democratic opposition, Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha, respectively president and future vice-president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), are currently on a 10-day visit to Australia and New Zealand.
The two leaders are today in Canberra meeting with Australian Members of Parliament and government officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DEFAT) and AusAid. They have also been meeting with Cambodian communities all over the country. On October 6 and 7, crowds of unprecedented size (+500) attended two public meetings organized by supporters of the CNRP in Melbourne and Sydney.
The two leaders are flying to New Zealand on October 11, being expected in Wellington and Auckland. They will attend a last public meeting in Adelaide, back to Australia, on October 14.
In the second half of October, Sam Rainsy, in his capacity as CNRP president and president of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD), will be in Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire) to attend a Congress of Liberal International (the Sam Rainsy Party is a full member of LI). Afterwards, the CNRP president will fly to Quebec (Canada) to attend a meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) where he will testify before the Committee on the human rights of parliamentarians.
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