Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen says he wants US presidential candidate Donald Trump to win next week's election because the billionaire would reduce tension with Russia and be good for world peace.
Hun Sen is a self-styled strongman whose has ruled for three decades. He has at times reacted angrily to US concerns about the state of human rights and corruption in Cambodia.
"I really want Trump to win," Hun Sen said in a speech to thousands of police officers at police academy ceremony.
"If Trump wins, the world will change and may be in a good situation because Trump is a businessman so he doesn't want war ... there can be friendship between Trump and Putin," he said, referring to Russia's President Vladimir Putin.
Hun Sen, who has met Clinton on several occasions including twice when she visited Cambodia as Secretary of State, said the relationship between the United States and Russia may worsen if Clinton wins.
The then Soviet Union supported Cambodia for a decade after the Chinese-backed Khmer Rouge were driven from power by Vietnamese forces in early 1979.
The two countries have recently improved their relationship as Russia has taken steps to re-build ties in Southeast Asia.
