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Cambodian ambassador: Looted artworks are ‘souls’ of culture

Some of the Cambodian antiquities recovered by the United States Attorney's Office are displayed during a news conference in New York, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. Officials were announcing the repatriation of 30 antiquities to Cambodia that had been illegally trafficked. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Some of the Cambodian antiquities recovered by the United States Attorney's Office are displayed during a news conference in New York, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. Officials were announcing the repatriation 30 antiquities to Cambodia that had been illegally trafficked. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Some of the Cambodian antiquities recovered by the United States Attorney's Office are displayed during a news conference in New York, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. Officials were announcing the repatriation of 30 antiquities to Cambodia that had been illegally trafficked. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Some of the Cambodian antiquities recovered by the United States Attorney's Office are displayed during a news conference in New York, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. Officials were announcing the repatriation of 30 antiquities to Cambodia that had been illegally trafficked. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Some of the Cambodian antiquities recovered by the United States Attorney's Office are displayed during a news conference in New York, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. Officials were announcing the repatriation of 30 antiquities to Cambodia that had been illegally trafficked. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Some of the Cambodian antiquities recovered by the United States Attorney's Office are displayed during a news conference in New York, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. Officials were announcing the repatriation 30 antiquities to Cambodia that had been illegally trafficked. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Some of the Cambodian antiquities recovered by the United States Attorney's Office are displayed during a news conference in New York, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. Officials were announcing the repatriation of 30 antiquities to Cambodia that had been illegally trafficked. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) People look at some of the Cambodian antiquities recovered by the United States Attorney's Office after a news conference in New York, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. Officials announced the repatriation of 30 antiquities to Cambodia that had been illegally trafficked. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Some of the Cambodian antiquities recovered by the United States Attorney's Office are displayed during a news conference in New York, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. Officials announced the repatriation of 30 antiquities to Cambodia that had been illegally trafficked. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams speaks during a news conference in New York, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. Williams and other officials were announcing the repatriation 30 antiquities to Cambodia that had been illegally trafficked. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Cambodian ambassador: Looted artworks are ‘souls’ of culture