Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei HUN Manet will join his ASEAN and Japanese counterparts in the ASEAN-Japan Commemorative Summit in Tokyo.
The Cambodian Premier and his spouse were seen off at Phnom Penh International Airport this morning by deputy prime ministers and many other senior officials as well as Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia H.E. Ueno Atsushi.
According to a press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the ASEAN-Japan Commemorative Summit for the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation to be held in Tokyo from Dec. 16 to 18 will be a historic milestone for ASEAN and Japan to realise our common goals of promoting peace, stability and prosperity in the region, and advance ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, including through the launching of a new Joint Vision Statement on ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation and its Implementation Plan built around three key themes: (1) heart-to-heart partners across generations, (2) partners for co-creation of economy and society of the future, and (3) partners for peace and stability.
On the sidelines of the Summit, Samdech Thipadei will hold a bilateral summit meeting with H.E. KISHIDA Fumio, Prime Minister of Japan, to discuss the strengthening and deepening of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Cambodia and Japan for more tangible benefits for the two peoples. They will also exchange views on regional and international issues of common interest and concern. In addition, the two Prime Ministers will witness the signing of exchanges of notes on Japanese grant aid for three projects related to hydrography, water supply, and e-government as well as other cooperation documents in the fields of digital, banking and energy.
Samdech Thipadei will also take part in the Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) Leaders’ Meeting to discuss policies on energy transition and promote cooperation towards decarbonisation in Asia.
During this stay in Tokyo, Samdech Thipadei will have a working breakfast with H.E. SONEXAY Siphandone, Prime Minister of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, and H.E. PHAM Minh Chinh, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam.
Samdech Thipadei will also meet with the Cambodian community in Japan.
Accompanying Samdech Thipadei are H.E. SUN Chanthol, Deputy Prime Minister and First Vice-Chairman of the Council for the Development of Cambodia, H.E. Dr. HANG Chuon Naron, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, H.E. SOK Chenda Sophea, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation along with other ministers, senior government officials, and business leaders from the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce as well as the Cambodian Oknha Association.
