Total Australian aid for Cambodia in next five years rises to 92 mln USD: Minister
The Australian government is to offer Cambodia over 123 million Australian dollars (around 92 million U.S. dollars) of aid in the next five years, Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh said here on Saturday upon Prime Minister Hun Sen's return from a 6-day official visit to Australia.
Among the aid, 48.5 million Australian dollars (some 36 million U.S. dollars) goes for comprehensive projects from 2006 to 2007, while 45 million Australian dollars (some 34 million U.S. dollars) for agricultural projects and 30 million Australian dollars (some 22 million U.S. dollars) for justice and penal affairs, said Prasidh, who accompanied Hun Sen's delegation to Australia From Oct. 8 to 14.
From 1996 to now, Australia has offered a total of 424 billion Australian dollars (around 318 billion U.S. dollars) of aid to the kingdom, he told reporters at a press conference held at the Phnom Penh International Airport.
Australia is the Cambodia's third largest donor, trailing Japan and the United States.
Meanwhile, "Prime Minister Hun Sen thanked the Australian government for helping find peace for the Cambodian people in the early 1990s," he added.
During Hun Sen's visit to Australia, both sides signed three agreements, namely the Exchange of Inmates between the Two Countries, the Memorandum of Understanding for Investment Cooperation, and the Supporting Letters for Investment of BHP Company to Explore the Aluminum Mines and Other Mines in Rattanakiri and Mondulkiri provinces.
Hun Sen also promised to send about 30 soldiers to Timor-Leste to join the Australian peacekeepers there, while Australia will offer equipment and materials for the Cambodian troops.
This has the first time that Hun Sen paid an official visit to Australia since he became Prime Minister in 1998.
In the past years, Australia has been helping Cambodia clean mines, fight terrorists, as well as counter drug and human trafficking.
Source: Xinhua
Among the aid, 48.5 million Australian dollars (some 36 million U.S. dollars) goes for comprehensive projects from 2006 to 2007, while 45 million Australian dollars (some 34 million U.S. dollars) for agricultural projects and 30 million Australian dollars (some 22 million U.S. dollars) for justice and penal affairs, said Prasidh, who accompanied Hun Sen's delegation to Australia From Oct. 8 to 14.
From 1996 to now, Australia has offered a total of 424 billion Australian dollars (around 318 billion U.S. dollars) of aid to the kingdom, he told reporters at a press conference held at the Phnom Penh International Airport.
Australia is the Cambodia's third largest donor, trailing Japan and the United States.
Meanwhile, "Prime Minister Hun Sen thanked the Australian government for helping find peace for the Cambodian people in the early 1990s," he added.
During Hun Sen's visit to Australia, both sides signed three agreements, namely the Exchange of Inmates between the Two Countries, the Memorandum of Understanding for Investment Cooperation, and the Supporting Letters for Investment of BHP Company to Explore the Aluminum Mines and Other Mines in Rattanakiri and Mondulkiri provinces.
Hun Sen also promised to send about 30 soldiers to Timor-Leste to join the Australian peacekeepers there, while Australia will offer equipment and materials for the Cambodian troops.
This has the first time that Hun Sen paid an official visit to Australia since he became Prime Minister in 1998.
In the past years, Australia has been helping Cambodia clean mines, fight terrorists, as well as counter drug and human trafficking.
Source: Xinhua
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