The prime ministers of France, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam will attend
next week's royal cremation in Cambodia along with senior political, royal and
military figures from across the region, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
International Cooperation said.
Norodom Sihanouk, former King of
Cambodia, died in October last year in Beijing at the age of 89.
The ministry said King Norodom
Sihamoni and Queen Mother Monineath would receive in separate audiences French
Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, Japan's Prince Akishino and Jia Qinglin,
chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Consultative
Conference.
At the same time, Prime Minister
Hun Sen will meet separately with the French, Japanese and Chinese dignitaries
as well as Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Thai Prime Minister
Yingluck Shinawatra and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. Hun Sen will
also meet Philippine Vice President Jejomar Binay.
Foreign Minister Hor Namhong will
meanwhile meet with Brunei Development Minister Suyoi Osman, Singapore Deputy
Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Indonesian
Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Djoko Suyanto.
The foreign minister will also
meet South Korean Presidential Chief of Staff Ha Kum-Loul and Australian
Lieutenant-General John Sanderson, the military commander of UNTAC forces in
Cambodia 20 years ago.
The ministry said Myanmar Senior
Minister Tin Naing Thein would also attend the cremation which is scheduled to
take place on Monday next week, three days after the royal funeral procession
this Friday.
Rasmei Kampuchea Daily
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