EU concludes ‘frank’ talks on rights, reform

14 March 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
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Four days of high-level policy meetings between the European Union and Cambodia wrapped up in Brussels yesterday, after seeing “frank and in-depth exchanges” on a number of issues, including human rights, according to an EU press statement released last night. … Ahead of the meeting of the Cambodia-EU Joint Committee, which last met in June 2012, local and international human rights groups had called for “urgent EU action” on the deteriorating rights situation in the Kingdom, urging the key donor bloc to use its sizable aid and influence as leverage against the government. …

 Kevin Ponniah
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