April 12, 2012
SAM RAINSY CONCLUDES ONE-MONTH TOUR IN THE US
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy is concluding a one-month tour in the US
with a last public meeting in Lowell (Massachusetts) on Saturday. He
will be today in Canada where he will celebrate the Khmer New Year
with Cambodian communities in Toronto (April 14) and Montreal (April
15).
Sam Rainsy arrived on March 14 in New York where he met with UN
officials in charge of political affairs, human rights and electoral
assistance. He subsequently travelled to Washington DC to meet with
officials at the State Department, Congressmen and congressional
staff, and NGOs. He was received by Senator John McCain and NDI
President Kenneth Wollack.
Over the last four weeks Sam Rainsy have been received by Cambodian
communities in Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, Florida,
California, Washington (Seattle), Minnesota and Massachusetts. Between
two northern states in the US, he managed to visit Vancouver and
Ottawa to meet with local Cambodian communities and Canadian members
of parliament.
In the following interview in Lowell with Cambodian media organization
Temple News, Sam Rainsy summed up the opposition’s views on the major
issues facing Cambodia. http://www.youtube.
SRP Cabinet
