Hun Sen vows not to host any Thai government-in-exile in Cambodia

Hun Sen vows not to host any Thai government-in-exile in Cambodia

     

 PHNOM PENH, May 27 Kyodo - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday he will not allow any Thai government-in-exile to be established in Cambodia in the wake of last week’s coup in the neighboring country.

     Hun Sen’s statement came after a lawyer of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a 2006 military coup, was quoted in media as suggesting Thaksin plans to set up a government-in-exile, possibly in Cambodia.

     “I would like to stress that Cambodia is not a place for any country or group to set up a government-in-exile,” Hun Sen said.

     “Cambodia’s Constitution does not allow any foreigners to use its territory as a base for armed forces to attack a government of another state,” he added.

     The premier made no secret of his good and deep relations with both Thaksin and his younger sister, recently deposed Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

     He sought their understanding of his stance that Cambodia cannot ”interfere into Thai internal politics.”