Anyway, thanks for the meal. (Cambodian leader Norodom Sihanouk meets with Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan) (Asia)

The Economist (US) | December 17, 1988 | Copyright

PRINCE NORODOM SIHANOUK is enjoying his lunchtime diplomacy. In November he invited the Kampuchean prime minister, Mr Hun Sen, to a restaurant at Fere-en-Tardenois, near Paris, for a plat and a chat, the third time they have met this year. This week his guest was a Khmer Rouge leader, Mr Khieu Samphan.

The Khmers Rouges have been reluctant to talk to other parties interested in the Kampuchean conflict. Even at the July meeting in Indonesia, which had been advertised, unwisely as it turned out, as a big step towards a solution of the problem, Mr Khieu Samphan had said ...

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