Senior US Diplomat Urges 'Cambodian Solution' To Political Impasse

Political Impasse ​ A senior US diplomat says Cambodia must find a national solution to its ongoing political deadlock. Following a two-day visit to Phnom Penh, Scot Marciel, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the US State Department, told reporters he was not in the country "to try to impose any solutions" to the impasse. "But we certainly support any effort to strengthen Cambodia's democratic process," he said. VOA Khmer's Kong Sothanarith reports from Phnom Penh. ​ ស.រ.អា.៖​ដំណោះស្រាយ​នយោបាយ​ត្រូវ​សម្រេចដ­ោយ​កម្ពុជា​ខ្លួន​ឯង​ «ដំណោះ​ស្រាយ​នយោបាយ​ត្រូវតែជា​ដំណោះ​ស្រា­យ​នយោបាយ​បែបកម្ពុជា»។​នេះ​គឺ​ជា ​ជំហរ​របស­់​សហ​រដ្ឋ​អាមេរិក​ចំពោះ​ភាព​ជាប់​គាំង​នយ­ោបាយ​របស់​ប្រទេស​ កម្ពុជា។​ លោក​ស្កុត ម៉ាស៊ាល ​(Scot Marciel) ​ឧបការីរង​ជាន់​ខ្ពស់​នៃ​ក្រសួង​ការ​បរទេស­​សហរដ្ឋ​អាមេរិក​ទទួល​បន្ទុក​ កិច្ចការ​តំប­ន់​អាស៊ី​បូព៌ា ​និង​ប៉ាស៊ីហ្វិក​ ​បាន​ថ្លែង​ក្នុង​សន្និសីទ​សារ​ព័ត៌មាន​មួ­យ​នៅ​ល្ងាច​ថ្ងៃ​ចន្ទ័​នេះ​ថា ​សហរដ្ឋ​អាមេរិក​មិន​ដាក់​កំហិត​ឲ្យ​មាន​ដ­ំណោះ​ស្រាយ​នយោបាយ​កម្ពុជា​តាម​ បែប​ណា​នោះ­​ទេ។ ​លោក​គង់ សុឋានរិទ្ធ​រាយ​ការណ៍​ពីរាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ៕ 

Senior Diplomat Says US Still Backs Election Investigation

By Colin Meyn and Khuon Narim - November 5, 2013

After meeting with government officials and opposition leaders, a senior U.S. diplomat said at a press conference Monday afternoon that Washington would continue to back a credible investigation into irregularities reported during July’s national election.

Scot Marciel, principal deputy assistant secretary in the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, told reporters at Phnom Penh’s Sunway Hotel that while the U.S. does not choose sides in international political disputes, it believes that an investigation into the election is in order.