Cambodia - Hun Sen reacts to ASEAN 

(10 Jul 1997) T/I: 10:21:14
Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen warned the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Thursday (10/07) not to interfere in its affairs. Amid mounting concern over the crisis, ASEAN has decided to
suspend Cambodia's entry into the regional grouping which had been set for July 24.
SHOWS:
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA 10/7
ws news conference;
cu Funcinpec defence minister Tea Chamrat (IN ENGLISH) SOT: "I can not answer that question...nobody is sure first we need human beings, secondly we need supplies, and third we need to know ---where are they staying, in Thailand in Vietnam in Laos?";
c/a;
HUN SEN SOT (in Khmer with English translation) saying the Prime Minister is under obligation to go to France two or three times a year...I think that ASEAN will take a stance with the Asian principle.. that is not to interfere with each others affairs... what happens in Cambodia is purely an internal affair...and for us in cambodia, we consider it as a purely internal affair..ASEAN...observers said that we would be admitted soon. One of the reasons we decided to join ASEAN is
that we believe in non interference in internal affairs.";
c/a cameraman;
8/7
Khieu Kanarridh, Hun Sen Secretary of State, SOT "it's better to see this as an internal affair of Cambodia...we try to explain and we will send an envoy to countries to explain what happened here in Cambodia";
cameramen and officials
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