Srettha’s Cambodia trip related to Thaksin-Hun Sen close ties?

Thaksin shinawatra and Yingluck shinawatra attended the birthday party of then Prime Minister Hun Sen in Takhmao town on August 5.//Phnom Penh Post

Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara said Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has chosen Cambodia for his first ASEAN trip because it is Thailand’s close neighbor but a Cambodian academic suggested that it might have to do with the close ties between former leaders of the two countries.

Yang Peou, Secretary-General of the Royal Academy of Cambodia, was quoted by the Khmer Times as saying that the trip demonstrated that the Thai leader shows that he values Cambodia as the main neighbour.

“Because Srettha Thavisin is close to Thaksin Shinawatra’s family and Thaksin is also close to the family of former Prime Minister Hun Sen, the visit will also deepen the bonds between the two leaders’ families,” Peou said.

He noted that it…