Defense Minister Kishi met with Army Commander Hun Manet, who has been nominated as a candidate for the future Prime Minister of Cambodia, and confirmed that he would further promote cooperation and exchanges in the field of defense.
Minister of Defense Kishi met with Cambodian Army Commander Hun Manet for the first time at the Ministry of Defense on the afternoon of the 15th.
In this, Minister Kishi said that it has been 30 years since Cambodia is the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Japan dispatched the Self-Defense Forces to Cambodia as part of the United Nations peacekeeping operations. Based on this, he said, "We would like to further promote defense cooperation and exchanges between the two countries and cooperate for the peace and stability of the region."
Minister Kishi also expressed the need to cooperate and send a message strongly opposed to unilateral attempts to change the status quo against the backdrop of China's power in the East China Sea and South China Sea.
In response, Hun Manet thanked Japan for its support in Cambodia's peace and reconstruction, and measures against the new corona, and confirmed that they would further promote cooperation and exchanges in the field of defense. Did.
Hun Manet, the eldest son of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, was nominated by Prime Minister Hun Sen as a candidate for future Prime Minister last December and will meet with Prime Minister Kishida tomorrow.