Cambodia denies backing Japan’s plan to enhance military role

1 July 2014
Xinhuanet News
Government / International relations / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace / Chheang Vannarith / Collective Self-Defense Right / Fumio Kishida / Hor Namhong / Japanese aid / Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation / Royal Academy of Cambodia / Self- Defense Forces / Shinzo Abe / Sok Touch

Cambodia vehemently denied that it has supported Japan's plan to enhance its military role, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday. "The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation wishes to strongly reject the recent publications of Kyodo News Agency and Vietnam News Agency for having misquoted the remarks made by Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong after official talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on June 30," said the official statement posted on the ministry's website. ... The denial came after Japan's Kyodo News Agency and Vietnam News Agency on Monday quoted visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida as saying that "Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong expressed support for Japan's plan to give its Self- Defense Forces a greater role to contribute to global peace and stability." ...

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