Fostering ties: Hun Sen (centre) presiding over an exchanging of documents ceremony between chief representative of the Japanese International Cooperation Agency to Cambodia Haruko Kamei (left) and Cambodia’s Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Pornmoniroth in Phnom Penh as part of a Covid-19 crisis response package loan. — AFP
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi commended a recent visit by Cambodian leader Hun Sen to Myanmar, which was the first by a foreign leader since the military coup in February.
In a phone call with his counterpart Prak Sokhonn on Tuesday, Hayashi said he remained concerned about violence in Myanmar, and welcomed Cambodia’s positive efforts to resolve the situation, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
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