Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Thaksin meets Hun Sen in Cambodia today

Map showing Thailand and Cambodia. Ousted Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra arrived in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh Tuesday to start a job as a government economic adviser.(AFP/null)

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (left) greets former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra in Phnom Penh. Thaksin has arrived in Cambodia to start work as a government economic adviser, fuelling tensions between the two countries after a series of border clashes.(AFP/PM Office/File/Prime Minister Office)

Ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra (R) speaks with Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen during their meeting in Phnom Penh November 10, 2009. Thaksin, wanted at home for a graft conviction, arrived in Cambodia on Tuesday to take up a job offer from the government that has set off a diplomatic row with Bangkok. Sen has made Thaksin an economic adviser to his government and offered him a home in his country. Thaksin is set to brief more than 300 Cambodian economic experts at the Ministry of Economy and Finance on November 12 in the capital.REUTERS/Stringer (CAMBODIA POLITICS BUSINESS CONFLICT)
File photo shows Cambodian soldiers standing guard near the disputed Preah Vihear temple close to the Cambodia-Thailand border. Thailand has also said it could seal the frontier if fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra is not extradited, but Cambodian ministry of foreign affairs spokesman Kuoy Kong said his country was "not concerned about these issues".(AFP/File/Tang Chhin Sothy)



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