On the occasion of the Summit on November 12/13, 1998, between the CPP and the FUNCINPEC, under the auspicious chairmanship of His Majesty King Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia, a number of the following principles were unanimously adopted with the auspicious Royal guarantee from His Majesty :

i)- the two Parties agreed to the establishment of the Senate through amending the current Constitution. The main important principles are stated in the annex 1,

ii)- CPP supported the candidacy of Samdech Krom Preah Norodom
Ranariddh for the post of National Assembly President (Speaker),

iii)- FUNCINPEC supported the candidacy of Samdech Chea Sim for the post of the Senate President (Speaker),

iv)- CPP supported candidacies of FUNCINPEC for the 2 Vice Presidents ( Deputy Speakers) of the Senate. FUNCINPEC supported candidacies of CPP for the 2 Vice Presidents ( Deputy Speakers) of the National Assembly,

v)- FUNCINPEC supported the sole candidacy of Samdech Hun Sen for the Prime Minister of the Royal Government. The preparation and the composition of the new Royal Government will be discussed within the Committee of the two Parties,

vi)- the CPP and FUNCINPEC accepted the principles for setting up Committees of the National Assembly 4 + 4 + 1 i. e. CPP will chair 4 Committees, FUNCINPEC will chair the other 4, and Sam Raingsy Party will chair 1,

vii)- the National Assembly will convene on November 25, 1998,

viii)- CPP and FUNCINPEC will set up Committees for :

a)- preparation of the joint political program,

b)- preparation of Protocol of Cooperation between the two Parties,

c)- preparation of the amendment on the Constitution and other related laws for the establishment of the Senate as stated i) of this Communiqué,

ix)- the CPP and FUNCINPEC agreed to form the new coalition Royal Government with Samdech Hun Sen as its Prime Minister, and

x)- the Summit unanimously agreed on the integration of armed forces in the same previous framework..

The CPP and FUNCINPEC would like to express their most profound gratitude to His Majesty King Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia for his noble Royal role in the national reconciliation, especially making this Summit gloriously successful, and achieving high interest for the nation and people of Cambodia in new historic stage.

Phnom Penh, November 13, 1998