PHNOM PENH, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will start his maiden visit to the Middle East region soon, Information Minister and government spokesman Khieu Kanharith said here on Sunday.
The premier will visit Qatar, Kuwait and other countries in the region after Jan. 10 in order to strengthen the kingdom's ties with them, he added.
In April 2008, while Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, visited Cambodia, the two countries signed an agreement to establish their diplomatic relationship.
During the premier's visit, Qatar also agreed with Cambodia's requests to help train oil and gas experts, allow Cambodian labor force to work in Qatar, bring in more investments, start direct flight from Doha of Qatar to Cambodia, strengthen cooperation in the fields of gas production and mine clearance, and export of rice products from Cambodia to Qatar.
In August 2008, while Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah visited Cambodia, both countries signed five cooperation agreements in the fields of economy, trade, investment, foreign affairs and civil aviation.
Under the agreements, Kuwait will help Cambodia develop human resources for oil and gas exploration, provide concession loans with low interest rate for Cambodia to build rural infrastructures, water irrigation system and roads, as well as to invest in the agricultural sector of Cambodia and buy agricultural products from the kingdom.
The premier will visit Qatar, Kuwait and other countries in the region after Jan. 10 in order to strengthen the kingdom's ties with them, he added.
In April 2008, while Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, visited Cambodia, the two countries signed an agreement to establish their diplomatic relationship.
During the premier's visit, Qatar also agreed with Cambodia's requests to help train oil and gas experts, allow Cambodian labor force to work in Qatar, bring in more investments, start direct flight from Doha of Qatar to Cambodia, strengthen cooperation in the fields of gas production and mine clearance, and export of rice products from Cambodia to Qatar.
In August 2008, while Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah visited Cambodia, both countries signed five cooperation agreements in the fields of economy, trade, investment, foreign affairs and civil aviation.
Under the agreements, Kuwait will help Cambodia develop human resources for oil and gas exploration, provide concession loans with low interest rate for Cambodia to build rural infrastructures, water irrigation system and roads, as well as to invest in the agricultural sector of Cambodia and buy agricultural products from the kingdom.
2 comments:
Land concessions should be limited to 20 years- not 70+20- and certainly not to foreign companies. People taking money at the front of these long term leases don't care about what happens in 90 years-it's only the short term that counts. Concessions of this type lend themselves to massive corruption. Cambodia can have a robust rice export market but it needs to be structured to benefit the khmer rice farmers- retain the land in Khmer farmers and family hands-form coops for milling and selling to these countries.
"Cambodian premier to visit Middle East soon [to sell more Cambodian agricultural lands?]"
No, but we'd like to make more friends around the world. Hope we'll be better off economically in a long run.
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