Cambodia and Japan agree to ensure full implementation of RCEP free trade deal

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, right, poses for photographs together with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida at Peace Palace, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, March 20, 2022. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was in Cambodia for talks with his counterpart, Hun Sen, on Sunday to deepen relations with one of the South-East Asia's closest partners of both China and Japan. - AP

PHNOM PENH, March 21 (Xinhua): Cambodia and Japan has agreed to ensure the full implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free trade agreement for the benefit of all, according to a Cambodia-Japan joint statement.

The statement was released after a meeting between Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen and visiting Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the Peace Palace in capital Phnom Penh.