PHNOM PENH Oct 15 Kyodo Prime Min...

PHNOM PENH Oct 15 Kyodo

Prime Minister Hun Sen upon Tuesday assured the safety of leaders attending nearest month's summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Phnom Penh

The assurances were made in the wake of a massive bombing onward Indonesia's Bali Island, which killed at least 181 family and injured more than 300 others.

Cambodia ''is not a terrorist target,'' Hun Sen said, addressing security touchs related to the ASEAN summit.

''We have been well prepared for the safety of not simply ASEAN leaders but everyone besides as well,'' he said.

The ASEAN gathering is scheduled for Nov. 4-5 It is the first time Cambodia will armed force an ASEAN summit since it joined the regional assemblage in 1999.

ASEAN comprises Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

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