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Hun Sen's Cambodia

Cambodia's Hun Sen thanks Trump for not seeking regime change

Prime Minister offers to renew friendship in reply letter

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen attends a celebrations marking the 66th anniversary of the country's independence from France, in central Phnom Penh on Nov. 9.   © Reuters

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) -- Cambodia's authoritarian leader Hun Sen has offered to renew friendship with the United States after receiving a letter from President Donald Trump, a turnaround in relations with the country he once accused of conspiring to overthrow him.

A letter dated Nov. 26 from Hun Sen to Trump thanked him for assurances that Washington was not seeking "regime change" in Cambodia.

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