The Prime Minister of Cambodia, Hun Sen delivers a special speech to express condolences. On the morning of July 9, Prime Minister Hun Sen delivered a special speech expressing condolences for the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. He announced that tomorrow (July 10) Cambodia will mourn the death of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. According to TBS News late at night on the 8th local time, Shinzo Abe’s funeral will be held on July 12.
On July 8, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot while delivering a street speech in Nara Prefecture, Japan, and died of his injuries at the age of 67. According to reports, police arrested a 41-year-old man at the scene and seized a homemade firearm.
Hun Sen said that the death of Shinzo Abe is not only the loss of the Japanese people but also the loss of the people of the world, including the Cambodian people. He said that Shinzo Abe made great efforts to promote Japan-Cambodia relations during his two consecutive terms as prime minister. Encouraging and supporting aid to Cambodia, including numerous infrastructure, has strengthened bilateral relations between Cambodia and Japan, including upgrading the relationship to a strategic partnership in 2013, while actively promoting ASEAN, the Mekong area, and Japan. relation.
To express his gratitude to Shinzo Abe for promoting friendly relations between Cambodia and Japan during his lifetime and for his help to Cambodia, Prime Minister Hun Sen decided to conduct national mourning tomorrow, asking schools and ministries across the country to fly the flags at half-mast.
On the evening of July 8, several Cambodian dignitaries and government agencies expressed their condolences over the killing of Shinzo Abe. That night, Hun Sen sent a letter of condolences to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Hun Sen’s son, Cambodia’s future prime minister candidate, also posted on Facebook, expressing grief and shock at the assassination of Abe. In addition, on the evening of the same day, the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a statement expressing condolences for the assassination of Shinzo Abe, while strongly condemning the brutal assassination in the incident.
