Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Cambodia announces resignation of Thailand's former PM Thaksin as government adviser

Monday, August 23, 2010
By Sopheng Cheang (CP)

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Thailand's divisive former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, quit his job as an adviser to the Cambodian government Monday, nine months after his appointment helped fuel a diplomatic brouhaha.

A royal decree signed Monday by Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni said Thaksin resigned from his dual positions as personal adviser to Prime Minister Hun Sen and economic adviser to the Cambodia government. Thaksin made the move because he had "difficulty to fulfil his duty," a government statement said.

Thaksin was appointed in November last year, and his subsequent visit to Cambodia set off a row in which the two countries recalled their ambassadors.
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