Kuwaiti Monarch Sorry to Cambodia’s King Father’s Death
Chhay Sophal
Cambodia News
Kuwait City (18 Oct, 2102): The State of Kuwait’s King Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has expressed his condolences to Cambodia’ King Norodom Sihamoni and people for the death of King Father Norodom Sihanouk.
King Sheikh Sabah’s condolence is made while his country is hosting the First Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Summit on 15- 17 October, 2012.
In Kuwait city, Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, and Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah also addressed a cable to Cambodian monarch in their respects to the soul of the deceased Monarch and expressed solace to the Royal Family.
In Kuwait City on 17 – 19 October, representatives of more than 100 nations are expected to come to the Cambodian embassy based in Kuwait to share condolences to Cambodia and pay respect to the soul of Late King Father Norodom Sihanouk, said Long Kem, ambassador to four nations — Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates.
The King Father passed away by heart attack in early 15 October in a hospital of Beijing, China. With a special China flight from Beijing, the King Father’s corpse arrived back to Phnom Penh capital in the afternoon of 17 October. Most of some 100,000 mourners wearing black and white uniform lined along the streets with incense sticks and pictures of the King Father to pay their respects to his body resting in a golden coffin. A convoy of about 20 motorcades with a bus decorated with yellow ribbons and flowers transporting from the airport to the Royal Palace.
The King Father ascended the throne in 1941 when he was just 18 and he stepped down in favour of his son, the current King Norodom Sihamoni in 2004 due to his old age and poor health. His body is kept in the Royal Palace for three months before an elaborate funeral.
