The World - News from July 24, 1988

Leaders of opposing Cambodian factions began gathering in Indonesia for informal talks aimed at ending the country’s long guerrilla war. The talks are to begin Monday with a session between the Hanoi-backed Cambodian government and a tripartite Cambodian resistance coalition backed by China and the United States. Vietnam, Laos and six non-Communist Southeast Asian nations will join the talks later this week. Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk, who is regarded as a key to any political settlement, arrived in Jakarta, although he has said he will not join the talks and designated his son to represent his faction.