<p><picture>
            <source srcset="https://media.nationthailand.com/uploads/images/2020/02/14/hb76788hcg5a5cgaccaj7.jpg?x-image-process=style/md-webp" media="(max-width: 690px)" type="image/webp" />
            <img src="https://media.nationthailand.com/uploads/images/2020/02/14/hb76788hcg5a5cgaccaj7.jpg?x-image-process=style/lg-webp" alt="Hun Sen welcomes stranded cruise ship passengers" class="img-fluid w-100 showcaption-false" loading="lazy" />
        </picture>The cheerful atmosphere was broadcast via BTV Cambodia television station and the official Facebook page of the Cambodian leader.<picture>
            <source srcset="https://media.nationthailand.com/uploads/images/2020/02/14/iegd79ecj9gka9jk9jh5b.jpg?x-image-process=style/md-webp" media="(max-width: 690px)" type="image/webp" />
            <img src="https://media.nationthailand.com/uploads/images/2020/02/14/iegd79ecj9gka9jk9jh5b.jpg?x-image-process=style/lg-webp" alt="Hun Sen welcomes stranded cruise ship passengers" class="img-fluid w-100 showcaption-false" style="width: 800px; height: 450px;" width="800" height="450" loading="lazy" />
        </picture>The 1,455 passengers include tourists from 41 countries, including 651 Americans, 271 Canadians, 127 English and 91 Dutch.<picture>
            <source srcset="https://media.nationthailand.com/uploads/images/2020/02/14/dkhb7bc6adbe5k75a696k.jpg?x-image-process=style/md-webp" media="(max-width: 690px)" type="image/webp" />
            <img src="https://media.nationthailand.com/uploads/images/2020/02/14/dkhb7bc6adbe5k75a696k.jpg?x-image-process=style/lg-webp" alt="Hun Sen welcomes stranded cruise ship passengers" class="img-fluid w-100 showcaption-false" style="width: 800px; height: 450px;" width="800" height="450" loading="lazy" />
        </picture>A spokesman for the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation of Cambodia said that charter flights were ready to take passengers from Sihanouk International Airport to Phnom Penh International Airport. Five to six flights were expected since each flight would be able to pick up around 180 passengers.</p>

<p><picture>
            <source srcset="https://media.nationthailand.com/uploads/images/2020/02/14/a995bggbfekkgibka5gj6.jpg?x-image-process=style/md-webp" media="(max-width: 690px)" type="image/webp" />
            <img src="https://media.nationthailand.com/uploads/images/2020/02/14/a995bggbfekkgibka5gj6.jpg?x-image-process=style/lg-webp" alt="Hun Sen welcomes stranded cruise ship passengers" class="img-fluid w-100 showcaption-false" style="width: 800px; height: 450px;" width="800" height="450" loading="lazy" />
        </picture>The decision allowing Westerdam with more than 2,000 passengers and crew to dock at Sihanoukville, after being rejected by five countries, earned Cambodia appreciation from the World Health Organisation, the ambassador of the United States to Thailand and the European Union.</p>


Hun Sen welcomes stranded cruise ship passengers

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen this Friday (February 14) travelled to Preah Sihanouk Port to welcome MS Westerdam cruise ship’s passengers who disembarked.