Czech Republic's President Vaclav Klaus (R) and his wife Livia welcome Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni (L) at Prague Castle in Prague March 18, 2010.19 March 2010
Prague, March 18 (CTK) - Czech President Vaclav Klaus and his wife Livia hosted a gala dinner for King of Cambodia Norodom Sihamoni, followed by a concert by the child choir Zvonecek (Small Bell), yesterday.
Simahoni, who speaks Czech, has been on a private week-long visit to the Czech Republic since Sunday.
Klaus and Sihamoni had a 20-minute eye-on-eye meeting before the dinner.
The concert held at the Spanish Hall of Prague Castle in honour of Sihamoni was also attended by Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer and his wife, Education Minister Miroslava Kopicova and other guests.
Klaus and Sihamoni also met four years ago. They called for the development of Czech-Cambodian relations at all levels.
On Friday, Sihamoni will be granted an honorary doctor's degree at the Academy of Performing Arts (AMU) from which he had graduated.
Sihamoni, 56, says he considers the Czech Republic his second homeland. He attended primary and secondary schools in Prague and then graduated from AMU at which he studied ballet.
Sihamoni arrived in Prague at the age of nine. The Czechoslovak embassy in Paris was the sole institution that reacted to his parents' effort to secure dancing education for him.
During his previous private visit to the Czech Republic in 2006, Sihamoni was granted Prague's honorary citizenship, becoming the first king to hold the title.
3 comments:
Funny.
Studied ballet? For himself? for Cambodia?
True Khmer
Khmer people need help with lands and food, Not Ballet!
True youn
British and Thai heirs to the throne have a tradition of entering military service, they train at military schools and academy. This is the best the monarchs could do because military skills and services give them experiences to protect and defend their country. I don't know why all Cambodian heirs to the throne like to enter into ballet schools.
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