Vietnam's prime minister arrives in Cambodia
Nov 15, 2010
DPA
Phnom Penh - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung arrived in Cambodia Monday for meetings with other regional leaders.
Phnom Penh is hosting the CLV (Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam) summit Tuesday as well as the CLMV summit, which includes Myanmar, Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Koy Kuong said.
He said the prime ministers of Laos and Myanmar would attend, and that Thai Premier Abhisit Vejjajiva was expected Wednesday in Phnom Penh for a separate meeting with the CLMV countries.
'The three summits will review progress and set out the future direction in all priority areas of cooperation with a view to further advance this framework of cooperation with sustainable development and prosperity,' he said.
Koy Kuong also said Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and Abhisit would meet Wednesday.
The two countries have had a testy relationship over the past two years, which worsened after Cambodia appointed Thailand's fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra to advisory positions last year.
Thaksin, who has been convicted of abuse of power in Thailand, quit those advisory roles in August, a step that saw relations start to thaw.
On the subject of Myanmar, Koy Kuong said Phnom Penh welcomed the release of pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi over the weekend.
But he would not be drawn on whether Phnom Penh echoed her call for a more inclusive political structure in Myanmar, saying that was 'an internal affair.'
'It is up to the law and order of Myanmar,' he said. 'Anyway, we appreciate Myanmar has just had a general election, which is the fifth stage of the roadmap to democracy and development.'
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