Japanese FM arrives in Cambodia, 143 mln USD aid deals to be signed
PHNOM
PENH, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida
arrived in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, on Sunday evening for a
three-day official visit and will sign to provide more than 143 million
U.S. dollars to Cambodia.
Kishida was greeted by
Cambodian Foreign Ministry Secretary of State Long Visalo at the Phnom
Penh International Airport upon his arrival.
According
to a news statement from the Cambodian Foreign Ministry, Kishida will
hold bilateral talks with his Cambodian counterpart Hor Namhong and the
two ministers will sign grant aid and loan agreements under the presence
of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.
The aid
includes a grant of 8.3 million U.S. dollars for education sector and a
soft loan of 135 million U.S. dollars for electricity grid development,
road improvement project and irrigation and drainage rehabilitation
scheme, the statement said.
Besides, Kishida and
Hun Sen will officiate at the inauguration ceremony of a
Japanese-invested AEON Mall in Phnom Penh. The mall is currently
Cambodia's largest modern market, which is reportedly built at a cost of
205 million U.S. dollars.
He is also scheduled to pay a courtesy call on Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni.
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