[KI-Media note: The following text was also distributed in Khmer, however, because we do not have access to the Khmer fonts used, we are unable to publish the Khmer text. If someone from CFC/CBC reads this message, please send us the Khmer text in PDF format to kiletters@gmail.com]
Unofficial translation from French by Tola Ek for KI-Media
Mr. Hun Sen in Paris
Mr. Hun Sen does not receive good press coverage in France. For several years now, major newspapers in Paris never ceased to harshly criticize the corruption gangrene, the violations of human rights, the relentless dictatorial violence and other “dirty jobs” of his regime. According to our French friends, his current visit to Paris was organized under his “insistent request” made during several months and following “serious preliminary discussions” between his representatives (including the one conducted by his minister Hor Nam Hong during last May) with the French authority.
We were assured also that the French government is fully aware of the facts and events which are taking place in Cambodia. Furthermore, in announcing the visit of Mr. Hun Sen, the [French] ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a communiqué recalling that France “co-presided the Paris Accords (on Cambodia) in 1991 which initiated the reconstruction process of this country.” It is hoped that during upcoming meetings between Mr. Hun Sen and his ministers with their French counterparts, the issues of human rights and the rule of law in Cambodia would be raised with a positive contribution from France because of the more than century-long links between France and the true Khmer Country and People who have suffered and endured so much during the past decades.
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