Hanoi meet to vote on Cambodia

Hanoi meet to vote on Cambodia

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Cambodia's admission to the Southeast Asian bloc is to be decided at the ASEAN summit in Hanoi next month, Malaysia's foreign minister was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

But Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said its admission to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) would depend on the formation of a legitimate government, the official Bernama news agency reported.

Badawi was speaking after a meeting of the ASEAN Consultation Council chaired by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on the sidelines of the APEC summit here.

He said the ASEAN leaders agreed unanimously to "wait and see" whether a government could be formed in Cambodia before deciding on its entry.