Tokyo (FN), Feb. 16 – Cambodia army commander lieutenant general Hun Manet paid a courtesy call on Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday (16 Feb) in Tokyo, Japan.

Hun Manet has met with three Japanese prime ministers in 2010, 2018, and 2022 respectively, according to Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen.

Hun Manet is visiting Japan through Japan’s special flight at the invitation of the defense ministry as this year marks the 30th anniversary of Japan's dispatch of Self-Defense Forces personnel to Cambodia as the first case of SDF participation in UN peacekeeping operations.

Manet has held separate talks with Japanese foreign minister Hayashi Yoshimasa; Japanese defense minister Nobuo Kishi; commander-in-chief of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces general Yamazaki Koji; and the commander of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force general Yoshida Yoshihide.

Lieutenant general Hun Manet, who was named the future prime minister by the ruling Cambodian People's Party in late December, visited Japan in 2018.
=FRESH NEWS