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Unpredictable leader: Hun Sen has already started his Asean chairmanship with a big ‘bang’ and it will be interesting to see what he brings to the bloc this year. – Reuters

CAMBODIAN Prime Minister Hun Sen has been on “cloud diplomacy” with several Asean leaders these past weeks.

Hun Sen, in his capacity as Asean chairman this year, was on separate phone calls with Singapore’s Lee Hsien Loong, Indonesia’s Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and video conference with Malaysia’s Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. (The chairmanship is rotated among the 10 member countries annually.)

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