- Title: Japan and Cambodia agree to work together regarding North Korea
- Date: 7th August 2017
- Summary: TOKYO, JAPAN (AUGUST 7, 2017) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** SEN AND ABE STANDING AT PODIUMS FOR JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER, SHINZO ABE, SAYING: "We had an honest and direct exchange regarding international affairs, starting with North Korea and the South China Sea. We agreed that the international community needs to stick together and pressure North Korea, and to cooperate regarding this matter at the ASEAN meetings. Prime Minister Hun Sen also gave me his support in resolving the abduction issue (Japanese abducted by North Koreans) as soon as possible." JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (Khmer) CAMBODIA'S PRIME MINISTER, HUN SEN, SAYING (TRANSLATED FROM KHMER TO JAPANESE TO ENGLISH): "We discussed North Korea and their countless missiles and nuclear weapon tests." JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS
- Embargoed: 21st August 2017 14:00
- Keywords: Japan Cambodia Shinzo Abe Hun Sen Bilateral North Korea Japan and Cambodia agree to work together
- Location: TOKYO, JAPAN
- City: TOKYO, JAPAN
- Country: Japan
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0026T5RARP
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Japan and Cambodia agreed on Monday (August 7) to work together on pressing international affairs including North Korea's repeated missile and nuclear weapons tests.
Their recommitment to cooperation regarding North Korea comes just days after the United Nations Security Council unanimously imposed new sanctions on the isolated nation aimed at pressuring Pyongyang to end its nuclear programme. The sanctions could slash North Korea's $3 billion annual revenue by a third.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is in Tokyo for three days, and has announced the Southeast nation will ask Japan to invest $800 million in a skytrain system for the capital Phnom Penh. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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