Thaksin (L) and Hun Sen (R).(philstar.com) Updated November 08, 2009
PHNOM PENH (AP) — Cambodia's prime minister says Thailand's fugitive ex-leader, Thaksin Shinawatra, will be in Cambodia next week to lecture on economic matters, a visit bound to inflame an already worsening diplomatic row between the neighbors.
Prime Minister Hun Sen says Thaksin will speak Thursday to more than 300 economists in the Cambodian capital.
Hun Sen made the announcement Sunday, just days after saying Thaksin had been named an economic adviser to the government.
The appointment has further soured relations between the two neighbors, which have had small but sometimes deadly skirmishes over their land border in the past year.
Thaksin was ousted in a 2006 military coup and is living in exile to avoid a two-year prison sentence on abuse of power charges.
-------------------------------------------------PHNOM PENH (AP) — Cambodia's prime minister says Thailand's fugitive ex-leader, Thaksin Shinawatra, will be in Cambodia next week to lecture on economic matters, a visit bound to inflame an already worsening diplomatic row between the neighbors.
Prime Minister Hun Sen says Thaksin will speak Thursday to more than 300 economists in the Cambodian capital.
Hun Sen made the announcement Sunday, just days after saying Thaksin had been named an economic adviser to the government.
The appointment has further soured relations between the two neighbors, which have had small but sometimes deadly skirmishes over their land border in the past year.
Thaksin was ousted in a 2006 military coup and is living in exile to avoid a two-year prison sentence on abuse of power charges.
Thaksin to lecture 300 Cambodians Thursday
The Nation
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Sunday that ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will visit Cambodia to give a lecture on economic matters in Phnom Penh on Thursday.
Kyodo News reported quoting Hun Sen as telling a news conference at Phnom Penh airport that Thaksin will address a group of 300 Cambodians. Hun Sen has appointed Thaksin as his economic adviser.
The appointment has further strained Cambodia's relations with Thailand, with the two countries locked in a festering territorial dispute.
Hun Sen made a one-hour statement shortly after arriving back from a trip to Tokyo where he attended an international conference on the development of the Mekong River region hosted by Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.
The Nation
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Sunday that ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will visit Cambodia to give a lecture on economic matters in Phnom Penh on Thursday.
Kyodo News reported quoting Hun Sen as telling a news conference at Phnom Penh airport that Thaksin will address a group of 300 Cambodians. Hun Sen has appointed Thaksin as his economic adviser.
The appointment has further strained Cambodia's relations with Thailand, with the two countries locked in a festering territorial dispute.
Hun Sen made a one-hour statement shortly after arriving back from a trip to Tokyo where he attended an international conference on the development of the Mekong River region hosted by Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.
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