PHNOM PENH Jan. 26 Kyodo Malaysia...

PHNOM PENH Jan. 26 Kyodo

Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi paid a six-hour visit to Cambodia in succession Monday during which he held talks with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen

During the talks in Phnom Penh Badawi told Hun Sen that his fatherland will push for more Malaysian investments in Cambodia and encourage Malaysian airlines to consider direct flights to Siem Reap Province, said Prak Sokhon an adviser to Hun Sen

Hun Sen solicited his counterpart cooperate in combating human trafficking and supporting the entrance of 142 kinds of Cambodian fruits into Malaysia.

The visit was part of Badawi's first Asian tour since succeeding Mahathir Mohamad as premier at the finis of October last year.

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