The U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh marked\nthe first anniversary of national elections conducted under a ban of Cambodia\u2019s\nmain opposition party with a statement calling the vote \u201cdeeply flawed\u201d and\nurging Hun Sen\u2019s regime to \u201ctake tangible actions to restore democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
http:\/\/bit.ly\/2K93PBc<\/a>;\nhttp:\/\/bit.ly\/2YBxRl6<\/a>; http:\/\/bit.ly\/2T9PebT<\/a>; https:\/\/reut.rs\/2YAoLZR<\/a>; the\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n http:\/\/bit.ly\/2Mumf13<\/a>; http:\/\/bit.ly\/2ZsegFh<\/a>;<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said\nthe pending Cambodia Democracy Act would impact his country\u2019s relationship with\nthe United States, should it pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n http:\/\/bit.ly\/312SSa6<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The spokesman for the Cambodian Human\nRights Committee (CHRC) strongly denied allegations made by a UN Human Rights\nCouncil (UNHRC) special rapporteur that government law enforcement had\nrestricted rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n http:\/\/bit.ly\/2YrYpFs<\/a>;\nhttp:\/\/bit.ly\/2Oz3Xy2<\/a>; <\/p>\n\n\n\n Cambodia and Turkey have signed a\nsecurity cooperation agreement after Minister of Interior Sar Kheng met his\nTurkish counterpart Suleyman Soylu in Ankara this week for talks on\ninternational security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n http:\/\/bit.ly\/2YGf108<\/a>; http:\/\/bit.ly\/2K8Xo13<\/a>; <\/p>\n\n\n\n A delegation from Vietnam\u2019s Ho Chi Minh\ncity requested support from National Assembly President Heng Samrin to set up a\ntwin city arrangement between it and Phnom Penh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n http:\/\/bit.ly\/339aYcu;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Swiss government will provide more\nthan $4 million in aid to Cambodia for the Kingdom\u2019s continued sub-national\nlevel reforms, a senior official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n http:\/\/bit.ly\/2Yx0ujq;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Concern has again been raised over\nChina’s ambition for greater military clout in Southeast Asia, following\nreports of a Chinese plan to establish a naval base in Cambodia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Ministry of National Defence on\nFriday invited some 70 national and international journalists to inspect the\nReam Naval Base following reports last week of a deal with China to use the\nfacility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pompeo added, “The United States\nwelcomes Cambodia’s strong defense of its national sovereignty and we encourage\nother nations in the region to follow Cambodia’s lead.”https:\/\/s.nikkei.com\/2YGtadO<\/a>; http:\/\/bit.ly\/315CUvZ<\/a>; http:\/\/bit.ly\/32Zbd9B<\/a>; http:\/\/bit.ly\/2yxt9Kx<\/a>; \n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh marked the first anniversary of national elections conducted under a ban of Cambodia\u2019s main opposition party with a statement calling the vote \u201cdeeply flawed\u201d and urging Hun Sen\u2019s regime to \u201ctake tangible actions to restore democracy.\u201d http:\/\/bit.ly\/2K93PBc; http:\/\/bit.ly\/2YBxRl6; http:\/\/bit.ly\/2T9PebT; https:\/\/reut.rs\/2YAoLZR; the http:\/\/bit.ly\/2Mumf13; http:\/\/bit.ly\/2ZsegFh; Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-community"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2092,"href":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2091\/revisions\/2092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}