Tuesday, March 9, 2010

ASEAN chief ‘not suitable’ for office: [Cambodian] PM

Tuesday, 09 March 2010
By Cheang Sokha
The Phnom Penh Post

PRIME Minister Hun Sen on Monday said ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan’s decision to express concern about highly publicised military exercises held in Kampong Chhnang province last week indicated he was “not suitable” for his position, and vowed to confront him if the statement was not retracted.
On Friday, Malaysia’s Bernama news agency said ASEAN “fears that Cambodia may send a wrong signal to the world” with the exercises, citing an interview with Surin, a former Thai foreign minister.
“We are very concerned with such development,” Surin was quoted as saying.
“I think Surin Pitsuwan is not suitable to be secretary general of ASEAN,” Hun Sen said during a speech before 300 disabled former soldiers in Kampot province. “The secretary general of ASEAN abused the role by interfering in internal affairs.”
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