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Cambodian PM begins tour to Japan, Indonesia
PHNOM PENH, Oct. 6, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech
Techo Hun Sen embarked on a two-nation tour to Japan and Indonesia on
Saturday morning, a senior official said.
In the first leg of his four-day visit, Hun Sen will first visit Tokyo on
Saturday evening, where he will attend the 10th Mekong-Japan Summit and hold
bilateral talks with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, said Sry Thamarong,
a minister attached to the prime minister.
On Oct. 10, Hun Sen will leave Tokyo for Bali, Indonesia, where he and
other leaders of member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN) will join a high-level ASEAN meeting on Oct. 11 ahead of the
International Monetary Fund(IMF)-World Bank(WB) annual meetings to be held on
Oct. 12-14, he said.
“The ASEAN leaders’ gathering is to show the bloc’s potential and future
concept,” Thamarong said, adding that the ASEAN leaders will attend the
opening ceremony of the IMF-WB annual meetings on Oct. 12 in the morning.
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