Tuesday, June 22, 2010

King Father’s trip non-political

Prince Sisowath Thomico, an adviser to King Father Norodom Sihanouk, speaks with a reporter at a press conference on Monday. (Photo by: Heng Chivoan)
Tuesday, 22 June 2010
By Vong Sokheng
The Phnom Penh Post

ROYAL adviser Prince Sisowath Thomico held a press conference Monday to emphasise that King Father Norodom Sihanouk will not address political issues during his scheduled visit to Hanoi this week, following appeals that the visit be used as an opportunity to discuss the administration of former Cambodian territories in South Vietnam.
“The King Father was invited by the Vietnamese president to pay a friendship visit; therefore I think that the visit will be used to boost good relations between the governments of Vietnam and Cambodia, and between the people of the two countries,” the prince said.
Sihanouk will not “interfere in political affairs”, but will instead act as an “independent symbol of the Kingdom of Cambodia, in accordance with the Kingdom’s constitution”, he said.
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