China has congratulated Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen for his emphatic victory in a one-sided election that was labeled “neither free nor fair” by the United States as human rights groups urged the international community not to recognize the results.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping said under Hun Sen Cambodia would “continue to achieve greater success in prosperity of the country, and well-being of the people, while contributing to regional peace, stability, development, and prosperity.”
“China and Cambodia are a community with a shared future,” he added, after Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) – which has ruled since a Vietnamese invasion ousted the Khmer Rouge in 1979 – won 120 seats out of 125 contested in Sunday’s national poll.
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