Clinton Presses Cambodia on China
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| U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton looks at a wall of faces of those killed by the Khmer Rouge regime during a tour of the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, formerly the regime's notorious S-21 prison, on Monday. (Associated Press) |
By JAY SOLOMON
The Wall Street Journal
PHNOM PENH—U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressed Cambodia to remain independent of China on key economic and environmental issues, as she continued a pan-Asian tour aimed at expanding Washington's diplomatic influence in the region.
To support her campaign, Mrs. Clinton told Cambodian officials Monday that the Obama administration was willing to explore new mechanisms through which to retire nearly $450 million in debts accrued by Phnom Penh's Vietnam War-era government.
Mrs. Clinton also told Prime Minister Hun Sen's government that she will seek to raise more funding for a United Nations-backed tribunal set to try leaders of the Khmer Rouge government that committed genocide in Cambodia during its 1975-1979 reign.
