Japan offers Cambodia US$170mil for projects, cooperative ties

Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (right) presents Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet with the ‘70th Anniversary of Friendship between Cambodia and Japan’ commemorative 5,000 riel silver coin. - STPM

PHNOM PENH: Japan has pledged to provide US$170 million in financial assistance to Cambodia to improve rural healthcare and various developments projects, while both countries pledged to consolidate their comprehensive strategic partnership.

The pledge came during a December 18 meeting between Prime Minister Hun Manet and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida, held on the sidelines of the Commemorative Summit for the 50th year of Asean-Japan Friendship and Cooperation and the First Asia Zero Emission Community (Azec) Summit, in the Japanese capital Tokyo.