U.N. observers group endorses Ca

U.N. observers group endorses Ca

Sven Linder (R), spokesman of the U.N.-coordinated Joint International Observer Group (JIOG), announces in a press conference late July 27 in Phnom Penh that it believes the vote and the counting of Cambodia's general election had been sufficiently free and fair to reflect the will of the people. JIOG is the main foreign observer group for the July 26 election.

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