Phnom Penh (FN), September 28 – In a letter, dated Wednesday, addressed to Secretary General of the National Assembly, Leng Peng Long, ASEAN Inter- Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA)'s General Secretary, Isra Sunthornvut, sent assurances that AIPA is the only authorized body to represent ASEAN Parliamentarians and member states.

The communication was sent in response to questions that Prime Minister Hun Sen regarding the authority and role of the ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR).

"ASEAN Parliamentarians of Human Rights has no authoritative role or power," according to National Assembly's General Secretariat (NAGS) on Thursday.

"The ASEAN Parliamentarians of Human Rights issued a few statements, which violated the basic principles of ASEAN, the interference into other’s internal affairs, " NAGS added.

The General Secretariat of the AIPA made it clear that the AIPA is authorized and recognized as the only official representative body of the institution of ASEAN parliamentarians, according to the AIPA's letter
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