Jolie recieves Cambodian passport

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has received a Cambodian passport after she was awarded citizenship of the impoverished south-east Asian nation.

She can use it next time she wants to visit the native country of her adopted Cambodian son, Maddox, said Stephan Bognar, executive director of the Maddox Jolie project.

The project, managed by WildAid, is trying to promote wildlife conservation and community development in the former Khmer Rouge guerrilla stronghold in north-western Cambodia.

Bognar said Jolie was “ecstatic and thrilled” when he personally gave her the passport and an official copy of the royal decree on Cambodian citizenship during a trip to Los Angeles.

“Maddox was there and she showed him (the passport). It was a wonderful moment for her to receive that,” he said.