Premier’s Vietnam Visit Draws Opposition Ire

Prime Minister Hun Sen is scheduled to pay a three-day visit to Vietnam later this week, a move criticized by opposition officials who say the premier should stay in Cambodia to deal with the country’s ongoing political deadlock. “What is necessary at this time is to solve the political stalemate,” Yim Sovann, a spokesman for the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, said. “If the political crisis cannot be solved, it will cause a social crisis. And if there is a social crisis, it will trigger the country into falling into serious problems that won’t be solvable.” … Hun Sen is expected to make high-level visits and to sign trade agreements through 2015, as well as agreements on extradition, education, and security information exchange. Peter Tan Keo, a political analyst in Boston, said the ruling Cambodian People’s Party is conducting “business as usual,” despite the opposition’s refusal to join in the post-election government. … Hun Sen seems to be choosing foreign diplomacy over settling the deadlock, he [Peter Tan Keo] said.

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