There's nothing like throwing a party and spending a fortune on thousands of military to protect guys who don't show for the opening. One has to assume that PM Opposite with his obsession on saving face from the last debacle at the Pattaya summit, will not be happy to receive this news:
"Four Asean leaders would miss the opening ceremony of the 15th Asean Summit in Cha Am/Hua Hin scheduled on Friday because they are busy with internal matters. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will be absent. The opening ceremony would be held at 9.45am on Friday.
Hun Sen would arrive in Hua Hin on Friday at 4pm. as he would be busy with the official visit of South Korean president Lee Myung-bak. The president was former economic adviser of Hun Sen.Asean chief Surin Pitsuwan confirmed that Hun Sen's absence from the opening ceremony was because his busy schedule with the South Korean President. Hun Sen would then rush to the summit after the visit, Surin said. Hun Sen would definitely attend the summit and his delay has nothing to do with the border conflict with Thailand, he said.
Indonesia's President Yudhoyono has to attend the inauguration for the second term of his presidency and would arrive in Thailand 8.30pm Friday. Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib would attend parliament debate on budget before departing for the summit and would arrive in Thailand around the same time as Filipino President Arroyo at about 9pm.
It is very rare for ASEAN to have a number of leaders absent at the opening ceremony."
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2009/10/22...al_30115038.php
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Four ASEAN leaders to miss summit opening
Started by Hedda, Oct 22 2009 05:19 PM
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Posted 23 October 2009 - 07:27 AM
It will be interesting to see if Hun Sen makes it at all to the summit.
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Posted 23 October 2009 - 09:52 AM
All I can say is thank goodness they took the meeting to Hua Hin and not Pattaya. The last time they were here in Pattaya, it was impossible to go anywhere up or down most major roads because the police would make all traffic pull over and wait until two used Toyota vans went by, probably on their way to taking some Class 5 bureaucrats to their Thai massage.
