A US State Department official said visa sanctions on top Cambodian foreign affairs officials could be lifted “in the near future” if the Cambodian government follows through on promises to begin accepting deportees again.

 

US Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Carl Risch, who travelled to Phnom Penh to meet with Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Friday, said at a short press conference that Cambodian officials had been “very supportive in trying to improve the process”.

 

“I would like to see the sanctions be lifted and Cambodia be cooperative again in taking back their nationals,” Risch said.

 

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Daphne Chen

 

 

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Seems a bit strange that it takes a diplomatic solution to get Cambodia to accept their own citizens back. Is there some law there that says if a citizen leaves the country they're no longer a citizen?