Thaksin welcome by PM Hun Sen in Phnom Penh

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (left) greets former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra in Phnom Penh. Thaksin has arrived in Cambodia to start work as a government economic adviser, fuelling tensions between the two countries after a series of border clashes. (AFP/PM Office/File/Prime Minister Office) (CAAI News Media)

Ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra (R) speaks with Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen during their meeting in Phnom Penh November 10, 2009. Thaksin, wanted at home for a graft conviction, arrived in Cambodia on Tuesday to take up a job offer from the government that has set off a diplomatic row with Bangkok. Sen has made Thaksin an economic adviser to his government and offered him a home in his country. Thaksin is set to brief more than 300 Cambodian economic experts at the Ministry of Economy and Finance on November 12 in the capital. REUTERS/Stringer (CAAI News Media)

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, second right from the front row, and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, pose for photographs with other members of Hun Sen's family in his residence in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Thailand's fugitive ex-Prime Minister Thaksin arrived Tuesday in Phnom Penh following his appointment as economic adviser to the government, fueling tensions between the neighboring countries.(AP Photo/Lim Cheavutha, ) (CAAI News Media)