Cambodia Welcomes Citizen Angelina Jolie

In recognition of the environmental work the actress has done for the country, King Norodom Sihamoni signed a special decree granting the Mr. and Mrs. Smith star Cambodian citizenship.

'The King signed the legal papers and that means she now has Cambodian citizenship,' Toun Siphan, director of the government's international relation department, told Reuters on Thursday.

Jolie, who adopted her 4-year-old son, Maddox, from Cambodia in 2002, has said she feels a special tie to the country.

'When I went to Cambodia something felt like home to me. I knew someone was there who was meant to be in my family. I don't know any other way to explain it,' Jolie told London's The Sun in June.

When the country's Prime Minister Hun Sen approached the actress last year about becoming a Cambodian citizen, she said that she would be 'thrilled' and 'honored' to accept. | source: Yahoo! News