By Nguon Serath
Rasmei Kampuchea
Asia News Network
(Posted by CAAI News Media)
Cambodia will not have time to discuss with Thailand on the deteriorating ties when their leaders meet in the US-Asean Summit in Singapore this weekend, Cambodia's PM Hun Sen said Wednesday.
Hun Sen was speaking after his government rejected a Thai request to extradite fugitive Thaksin Shinawatra. Thai diplomats submitted the request together with supplementary documents to Cambodian foreign ministry only to be handed back right away.
"Perhaps we will not have time. We go to Singapore to participate in the US-Asean summit. We have only 1:30 hours for the summit," said Hun Sen in an interview. Thaksin was also present in the interview which was broadcast in the Cambodian National TV.
Asean leaders will meet US President Barrack Obama in Singapore on November 15. Apec leaders will also meet in Singapore between November 14 and 15. Cambodia is not a member of Apec.
"We also have to follow up the attitudes of Bangkok and Phnom Penh . What it will evolve until 15 Nov?," he added.
He repeated his government's position towards Thaksin that Cambodia will not extradite Thaksin and he will not have any talks with Thailand about Thaksin who he considered as his eternal friend.
He insisted that Cambodia wished to solve the problem peacefully and through negotiation. "When they negotiate, we will negotiate. We will follow them all the time. But I will not talk if they talk about Thaksin. There will be no extradition."
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