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| Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, right, talks with U.S. Congressman Eni Faleomavaega, left, during a meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Jan. 7, 2010. Faleomavaega will oversee the hearing. (Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS) |
Radio Australia News
A congressman in American Samoa, Faleomavaega Eni Hunkin, has used a meeting with the US Secretary of State to raise concerns about Cambodia's outstanding war debt.
He spoke to Hillary Clinton on Monday night, while her plane was refuelling in the capital Pago Pago, at the end of a seven nation Asia-Pacific tour.
Cambodia owes the US some $US300 million dollars, plus fees, in debt incurred during the Lon Nol regime of the 1970s.
However, the current Prime Minister Hun Sen says they should not have to pay back money borrowed by the pre-Khmer Rouge government.
Faleomavaega Eni Hunkin has been arguing that the US cannot forgive the debt unless at least a part of it is repaid.
Congressman Hunkin says he raised the point with Mrs Clinton, but says, he didn't get to go into as much depth as he would have like.
"I did mention to her about the situation in Cambodia, we've had this ongoing debt obligation that Cambodia has accumulated for some 30 years now but basically, we didn't have a chance to talk about all the issues," he said.
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