Cambodia’s Hun Sen Proceeds Bilateral Meeting With Burmese Military Despite Protests From Human Rights Groups

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen speaks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on Jan. 22, 2019. Ng Han Guan/Pool via Reuters

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen has arrived in Burma on Friday ahead of a bilateral meeting with the military junta that ousted the elected government led by Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup last year, despite protests from human rights groups calling for his visit to be canceled.

Hun Sen came to Burma at the invitation of military leader General Min Aung Hlaing for talks “on bilateral and multilateral cooperation and recent developments in ASEAN,” Cambodia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement on Jan. 5.