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Cambodia PM to pay last respects to late Vietnamese president
PHNOM PENH, Sept 25, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech
Techo Hun Sen will lead a high-level delegation to Vietnam on Wednesday to
pay last respects to late Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang, the Foreign
Ministry said on Tuesday.
Cambodian dignitaries accompanying the prime minister will include Sar
Kheng, minister of interior, Men Sam An, minister of national assembly-senate
relations and inspection, and a number of senior officials of the government,
the ministry said in a statement.
In a condolence letter to his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc on
Sept. 21, Hun Sen expressed great sadness on the death of President Quang,
saying that it was a huge loss of a leader who was devoted to promoting the
wellbeing of the Vietnamese people and relations of fraternal friendship
between Vietnam and Cambodia.
Quang died in a hospital in Hanoi on Friday at the age of 61 due to
illness. Vietnam will hold a two-day state funeral for the late president on
Sept. 26-27.
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