Thursday, 8 January 2009

Foreign Minister Nakasone to visit Thailand, Cambodia, Laos from Sat.+

TOKYO, Jan. 7 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone will visit Thailand, Cambodia and Laos over the weekend for talks with his respective counterparts and sign exchanges of notes on demining activities and economic cooperation, Japanese Foreign Ministry officials said Wednesday.

Nakasone is scheduled to stop over in Bangkok for talks with Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya on Saturday to discuss responses to the global financial crisis on his way to Cambodia, the officials said.

He will then meet separately with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen as well as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong in Phnom Penh on Sunday morning, followed by talks with Laotian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith in Vientiane in the afternoon.

Nakasone is slated to return to Tokyo on Monday night, the officials said.

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