Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong met with Wang Yi, who was on a two-day visit, to have bilateral talks over security, economics and trade.
Rescue Party officials continued to file complaints with the National Election Committee on Thursday, including evidence of some 400,000 duplicate names on a voter registry.
NEC officials say it is too late to resolve reports of irregularities, since it has now released preliminary results—which show a win for the CPP.
Sun Soeurn had joined in the opposition campaigning in July, officials for the Rescue Party said.
Seven people have been killed and thousands more affected by flooding in Banteay Meanchey, Preah Vihear and Kampong Thom provinces.
The National Election Committee said Tuesday it will not form an investigative commission to look into irregularities in last month’s polls.
The UN, which sponsored 1991 peace accords that ended decades of war in the country, also oversaw the nation’s first elections, in 1993.
The stalemate could result in a boycott of the first National Assembly meeting two months from now by the opposition, making the formation of a new government legally impossible.
Sam Rainsy told supporters Tuesday he would not settle for an NEC investigation without international participation.
The tension has kept people indoors and well stocked, with some residents in the capital expecting post-election unrest.
Speaking at the inauguration of a highway bridge on Wednesday, Hun Sen said he was open to finding a resolution to the impasse with the help of the National Election Committee.
Sam Rainsy told VOA Khmer on Monday that as many as 1.2 million voter names had been removed from the national registry, while 200,000 names on it were duplicates.
Sam Rainsy called on the National Election Committee, widely criticized for a bias toward the ruling party, to stage re-elections nationwide, to fix the irregularities.
A period of unrest following the 1998 elections, during which pro-opposition demonstrations met with violence from security forces.
The ink allegations add to worries that Election Day will not be free and fair for Cambodia’s more than 9 million registered voters.
The election watchdog Comfrel said in a statement that political participation has increased among the populace this year.
About 1,100 other families, were forced to relocate to new villages in the mountain to make way for the massive development, undertaken by the Chinese Union Development Group.
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy appears unlikely to be a candidate in Sunday’s election, but election observers say there is a chance he will have a role in politics.
This year’s election is especially concerning, because both the ruling Cambodian People’s Party and the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party are expecting major turnouts.
More than 1,100 families in 13 villages across Kirisakor and Botumsakor districts are facing displacement from the $3.8-billion development project, according to rights organizations.
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