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Sihanouk Willing to Offer Security
- Subject: Sihanouk Willing to Offer Security
- From: suriya@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 01:23:00
Subject: Sihanouk Willing to Offer Security Guarantee for Opposition Leaders
Asia:Cambodia
Sihanouk Willing to Offer Security
Guarantee for Opposition Leaders
Xinhua
07-NOV-98
PHNOM PENH (Nov. 7) XINHUA - Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanouk
Saturday urged two opposition party leaders to return to the
country, saying that
their security will be assured.
In a message to diplomatic corps, the King said if Prince
Ranariddh, president of
FUNCINPEC party, agrees to meet at his residence (at the
Royal Palace in
Phnom Penh) with Chea Sim and Hun Sen, president and
vice-president of the
ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP), "I will be available
for organizing a
summit meeting on November 7 to 13 at the Royal Palace."
"Ranariddh, throughout his stay in Phnom Penh will stay,
with two of his
bodyguards, at the Kantha Bopha residence inside the Royal
Palace in Phnom
Penh where his security will be assured," the King said.
The King also informed that he will leave here on November
14 for Beijing to
have a medical checkup and the treatment of some of his
illnesses.
He especially stressed that Sam Rainsy, president of his
self-named party, will
receive the same treatment as Ranariddh in Phnom Penh, if he
joins with
Ranariddh for the inter-Cambodian summit.
Second Prime Minister Hun Sen immediately made a response to
the King's
message, saying he fully supports King's security offers to
Prince Ranariddh and
Sam Rainsy.
The government also reiterated Friday that all politicians,
especially those elected
in July, enjoy total freedom of movement.
Many opposition parliamentarians left Cambodia shortly after
they were sworn
in on September 24, including Ranariddh and Sam Rainsy. They
claimed they
felt no safety in the country.
The three major parties recently have been deadlocked over a
location for a
summit to move coalition talks forward.
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