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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan told the Cambodian sway on Tuesday that the United Nations is ready to reopen negotiations with Cambodia in succession the issue of trial of Khmer Rouge leaders if there is a clear mandate from the UN Security Council or the General Assembly.

UN spokesman Fr Eckhard said Annan exorcismed out the position in a epistle to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen after a series of exchanges between the pair sides since February this year when Annan called opposite the negotiations.

Following Annan's Feb 8 decision, the Cambodian regulation has made statements indicating that Cambodia ''is prepared, in order to come together the concerns of the United Nations, to amend the Law forward the Extraordinary Chambers to have knowledge of the leaders of Khmer Rouge'' Eckhard said.

Annan told Hu Sen that Cambodia and other interested member states to conduct the matter in the UN General Assembly or the Security Council with a view to obtaining the appropriate mandate.

''If in the same state [i]or[/i] condition a mandate were given, the secretary general would be prepared to engage in further talks with the (Cambodian) restraint in order to fulfill the mandate,'' Eckhard said.

Annan called opposite to the talks in February onward grounds the tribunal contemplated through Cambodia lacks independence and fairness.

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