Cambodia backs Myanmar over ASEM<\/p>\n
CAMBODIA: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen strengthened Southeast
\nAsia's collective stance behind Myanmar on Wednesday, saying he
\nwould not join an Asia-Europe forum unless the military-ruled
\nstate was also admitted.<\/p>\n
The spat between the European Union (EU) and the Association
\nof Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) over Myanmar threatens to
\nscuttle a biennial Asia-Europe summit meeting (ASEM) scheduled
\nfor October in Hanoi.<\/p>\n
ASEAN is irked because the EU wants its 10 new members to join
\nen masse while insisting that from ASEAN's three latest entrants
\nLaos and Cambodia are welcome, but not Myanmar.<\/p>\n
\"Cambodia's position is that if we cannot all join, we do not
\njoin,\" Hun Sen told reporters. \"If the EU needs to include its 10
\nmembers in ASEM, then ASEAN should include its three new members
\n-- Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar -- as well.\"<\/p>\n
While the United States and the EU have slapped sanctions on
\nthe former Burma over its detention of opposition leader and
\ndemocracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi, ASEAN has been more
\nconciliatory.<\/p>\n
Hun Sen said leaving Myanmar out in the cold would help
\nnobody. --Reuters<\/p>",
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