Cambodia PM to visit Myanmar, pressing peace plan
(VOVWORLD) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has pledged renewed support for a Myanmar peace plan and urged an end to violence ahead of a trip to the country that will include talks with military leaders.
 Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. (Photo: AP) |
His visit from Friday will be the first by a head of government to Myanmar since the army took over control of the country in February last year, sparking months of protests and a bloody crackdown.
Cambodia is current chair of ASEAN, which has been leading diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis and which adopted a five-point "consensus" peace plan in April.
In a speech on Wednesday, PM Hun Sen called for restraint from all sides in Myanmar and for the peace plan to be followed through.