Date: 11 February 2003

His Majesty the King Bhumipol of Thailand has asked the government to consider mending relations with Cambodia after receiving a letter from that country's king apologizing for anti-Thai riots last month.

Cambodian King Narodom Sihanouk expressed most profound regret for the violence and a sincere desire to reconcile relations.

Previously, the Thai King has appealed for clam while Thai demonstrators escalated in Bangkok as outraged by a photograph taken in Phnom Penh which showed rioters stamping on a portrait of the Thai king.

Although the king detaches from daily political lie in Thailand, his influence over the country's affair is still momentous; he has been known to intervene to resolve disputes

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