Cambodia vows to end arms flow to Tamil Tigers

PHNOM PENH, Nov 30 (Reuters) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has promised to cut off the flow of weapons from his country to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels, his spokesman said today.

''He asked Sri Lanka to trust Cambodia that no more weapons would enter Sri Lanka,'' Khieu Kanharith quoted Mr Hun Sen as telling visiting Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wikremanayake.

Mr Hun Sen also promised to exchange intelligence with Colombo to help curb the flow, Khieu Kanharith, who attended the meeting, told reporters.

The Cambodian leader admitted for the first time last year that arms were smuggled out of the country, still emerging from two decades of war, to guerrillas in Sri Lanka, the Philippines, and Myanmar.

Mr Hun Sen condemned the Tamil Tiger fight for an independent state, but also called on the Sri Lankan government to give humanitarian organizations more access to ''civilians being victimized by the factional fighting,'' Khieu Kanharith said.

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