US defence secretary Lloyd Austin will visit Cambodia next month as Washington engages the country’s new American-educated prime minister in an effort to coax the country away from China.
Austin will travel to Phnom Penh on June 4 after attending the Shangri-La Dialogue defence forum in Singapore where he will discuss challenges in the Indo-Pacific with US allies and partners and hold his first meeting with Dong Jun, the Chinese defence minister.
In Cambodia, Austin will meet Prime Minister Hun Manet, son of the former leader Hun Sen, according to three American officials. Hun Manet succeeded his father in August 2023.
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