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Cambodian PM heads for Mekong-Japan Summit in Japan

Xinhua, July 2, 2015 Adjust font size:

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen left here on Thursday for Tokyo to attend the 7th Mekong-Japan Summit, to be held on July 3 and 4, a government official said.

The Mekong-Japan Summit will be held between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and leaders from five Mekong River countries, including Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar and Thailand.

Hun Sen will deliver a speech at the summit, which will adopt the "New Tokyo Strategy 2015 for Mekong-Japan Cooperation" in the next three years from 2016 to 2018, Sry Thamarong, minister attached to Hun Sen, told reporters at Phnom Penh International Airport before the prime minister's departure.

"On July 4 in the afternoon, Hun Sen will hold a bilateral meeting with Shinzo Abe," he said, adding that Hun Sen will also meet with several Japanese investors on the sidelines of the summit. Endi