EU concerned, but no threats to cut Cambodia aid, trade
The European Union has called on Cambodia to release 21 jailed activists and protesters and told the government during high level talks held here this week that a failure to reform the judiciary and electoral process could have severe consequences for the ruling party by the time of the 2018 national election. According to a senior E.U. official who was present at a four-day joint committee meeting in the Belgian capital that concluded on Thursday, the E.U. expressed their concerns on a raft of issues, but stopped short of threatening a reduction in the level of development cooperation and trade assistance granted to Cambodia. … During the talks, officials from Cambodia and the E.U. covered a host of issues including trade, administrative and judicial reform and human rights. …
Simon Marks
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/eu-concerned-but-no-threats-to-cut-cambodia-aid-trade-54254/
