His Majesty Sultan Haji HASSANAL BOLKIAH MU’IZZADDIN WADDAULAH, the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, accompanied by his son, Prince Mateen, arrived this evening in Phnom Penh for a short visit in Cambodia.
The Sultan of Brunei was warmly welcomed upon his arrival at Phnom Penh International Airport by Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, President of the Senate of Cambodia.
‘The purpose of his (the Sultan of Brunei) visit is to come and have breakfast with me who he treats as the youngest brother,’ said Samdech Techo Hun Sen in a Facebook post on April 27.
‘There are three brothers, the eldest is the Sultan of Brunei, the second is H.E. Thaksin Shinawatra (former prime minister of Thailand), and I’m the youngest,’ he continued.
According to Samdech Techo Hun Sen, there will be no official meeting. For the breakfast on April 30, the Sultan will be accompanied by his son, Prince Mateen, while Samdech Techo Hun Sen by his three sons – Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet, H.E. Hun M
anith, and H.E. Hun Many.
The Cambodian senate president said it is not strange for him to welcome in person the Sultan of Brunei at the airport and accompany him to the hotel, recalling that in 2011 when he went to Brunei, the Sultan drove by himself to welcome him at the airport and accompany him to the hotel as well.
After the breakfast, Samdech Techo Hun Sen pointed out, he will see the Sultan of Brunei off at the airport.
Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse