Cambodia PM: Agreement with opposition may be near

Published April 7, 2014 10:33am ET



PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that secret talks with the country’s political opposition have resolved most of their differences, and the two sides may soon reach an agreement for the opposition to end its boycott of parliament.

Hun Sen said that a single “small point” — which he did not specify — remains unresolved between his ruling Cambodian People’s People Party and opposition leader Sam Rainsy’s Cambodia National Rescue Party, and that they might reach an agreement before the Cambodian New Year in the middle of this month. He said he had assigned Interior Minister Sar Kheng to negotiate the last point with Sam Rainsy.

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