Cambodian PM visits French embassy to pay tribute to victims in Paris attacks

Jan 12,2015

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen visited French Embassy on Monday to pay his last respects to the victims in last week's terrorist attacks in Paris.

At the embassy, the prime minister wrote in a condolence book, expressing his deepest sympathy to the dead in the terrorist attacks.

"Cambodia strongly condemns the barbaric terrorist attacks in France last week that left innocent French citizens killed and injured," he wrote in the book. "Such brutal act was a serious attack on the basic value of the freedom of expression and democracy."

"On behalf of the government and people of Cambodia and myself, I would like to express my deepest sympathy to the bereaved families and the injured in the attacks," he said.

Earlier in the day, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, president of the Supreme Privy Advisory Council to King Norodom Sihamoni, also visited the embassy to pay his tribute to the victims.

Seventeen people were killed during the three-day deadly terrorist attacks last week in Paris. The slew of attacks have drawn condemnation from across the world.