Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen met with French President Jacques Chirac on Monday, 19 September 05, as part of a 10-day overseas tour. Samdech Hun Sen was expected to sign agreements on bilateral cooperation with France and to ask the French government to appoint its judges for a proposed...

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen flashes the victory sign with ink-stained index finger as proof of voting, after casting his vote in Takhmau, 8 kilometers (5 miles) south of Phnom Penh on the Election Day, July 27, 2003. (AP Photo/Andy Eames)

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen casts his vote in Takhmau, 8 kilometers (5 miles) south of Phnom Penh Sunday July 27, 2003. (AP Photo/Andy Eames)

Cambodian Samdech Prime Minister Hun Sen (center-R) and Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (center-L) pose with Thai and Cambodian cabinet ministers at the Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap, May 31, 2003. Thailand and Cambodia held a joint cabinet meeting in the Cambodian resort town of Siem...

Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (L) is greeted by Cambodian Samdech Prime Minister Hun Sen on his arrival in Siem Reap May 31, 2003. Thaksin is Siem Reap to attend the morning session of a one-day joint Thai-Cambodia cabinet retreat. The afternoon session will be held in northwestern...

Samdech Hun Sen and HE Takami Eto overlook the Mekong from the middle of the Kizuna bridge

Samdech Hun Sen re-visited the Hydro-electric Power Station Kirirum I, Kompong Speu. (Photo: Virakmuny)

Samdech Hun Sen holds up the torch of peace after receiving the Award "Lifting up the World with an Oneness Heart." (Photo: Virakmuny)

Samdech Hun Sen drives a Cambodian disabled in his wheel-chair (Photo: Virakmuny)

Samdech Hun Sen during the Groundbreaking Ceremony of Kompong Tram Bridge renamed 'In Gratitude of Mentors.' (Photo: Virakmuny)