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Thailand's coup is an internal matter: Cambodian newspaper
21/9/2006 10:01

The bloodless coup in Bangkok was an internal matter for the Thai government and the military takeover would not cause instability in Cambodia, the Cambodian Daily on Thursday quoted government spokesman and Information Minister Khieu Kanharith as saying.

"We are not issuing a travel warning to Cambodians because the situation seems calm, but we are monitoring it very closely," he said.

"The situation in Cambodia is quite stable," he said, adding that it was up to the Thai government to resolve the situation peacefully.

Meanwhile, Defense Minister Tea Banh told reporters that the Cambodian Military remained united behind the government.

"There will never be such a coup in Cambodia because we do not have such deep social rifts as in Thailand," he added.

On Wednesday in Thailand, Cambodia's close neighbor, the armed forces seized power without firing a shot, dismissed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's government.



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