Photo: AFP/POOL - Franck RobichonTOKYO, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Japan and five Mekong nations agreed Saturday to cooperate on issues such as environmental protection and climate change in the next ten years.
In the first summit that opened Friday, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and leaders of the five countries of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam adopted the Tokyo Declaration, urging enhanced cooperation between the two sides on the environmental issues.
To encourage the region's further development, Japan pledged more than 500 billion yen (5.6 billion U.S. dollars) in official aid to the countries along the Mekong River over the next three years from fiscal 2010.
The Japanese premier will also meet separately with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Lao Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, Myanmar Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung later in the day.
In the first summit that opened Friday, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and leaders of the five countries of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam adopted the Tokyo Declaration, urging enhanced cooperation between the two sides on the environmental issues.
To encourage the region's further development, Japan pledged more than 500 billion yen (5.6 billion U.S. dollars) in official aid to the countries along the Mekong River over the next three years from fiscal 2010.
The Japanese premier will also meet separately with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Lao Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, Myanmar Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung later in the day.
8 comments:
It's really strange to see Viet/Thai always stood next to each other? i think Vietnam is behind all of these conflicts, vietnam always keep lowprofile and quiet, they are the most dangerous enemy....don't forget that!
PM Hun Sen think differently...
Possible that they all stand in Alphbetical order: Cambodia, Lao, JAPAN (host) , Myanma, Thai-thief, Vietnam.
who's the lowest educated leader? I guess people already knew it! very shameful to the nation who elected him!
keut pi choy
12:20am! i think you are the one instead....
keut pi choy,
You forgot that Mr. Bush junior who is the former president of USA before Obama did not have very much education either.
King Sihanouk, Lon Nol and Pol Pot did not have very much education either. Abhisit has pretty good education, but do you really think that he is a good leader?
Judge the man by what he does rather than byt what he has learned!
Bill Gate, Microsoft Chairman did not finishing School, but he's smart! some people spent their whole life in school and still dumb...?
Cambodia should close it border first and see what's happening...Hey! Thailand started the fire first...ok! do you think khmer really give a shit????
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