Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu (L3) meets with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Office of the Council of Ministers Sok An (R2) in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, on March 18, 2010. Hui arrived here Wednesday for a three-day official visit. (Xinhua/Lei Bosong)PHNOM PENH, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian and Chinese senior officials agreed on Thursday to further strengthen friendship and cooperation relations to bring more benefits to the peoples of the two countries.
The common view was reached when visiting Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu held talks with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Office of the Council of Ministers Sok An on Thursday.
During the meeting, Hui highly valued the relations between China and Cambodia, saying that China and Cambodia "are good neighbors, good friends and good partners." He said that the bilateral relations between China and Cambodia "serve as a model for state-to-state relations."
In recent years, the bilateral relations have maintained sound development momentum, Hui said, adding that China and Cambodia have kept close high-level exchanges, deepened economic and trade cooperation and maintained close coordination and cooperation on major international and regional affairs.
Moreover, Hui emphasized that the Chinese side attaches great importance to the Cambodian relations and is willing to make joint efforts with Cambodia to carry forward traditional friendship, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation and enrich bilateral comprehensive cooperative partnership in order to promote such relations to a new higher and depth level
Sok An fully agreed with Hui's positive evaluation of Sino-Cambodian relations. He thanked China for its long-term support and assistance to Cambodia's economic and social development, saying "Cambodia is willing to work with China to strengthen the cooperation and exchanges in various fields in an effort to promote bilateral relations to a higher level."
During the meeting, the two sides have an in-depth exchange of views on cooperation in agriculture, tourism, telecommunications, disaster prevention and reduction, and reached broad consensus.
The two sides also agreed to work together to smoothly implement and promote the cooperation projects, and actively explore new cooperation fields and mutual benefit and win-win cooperation model so as to bring greater benefits to the people in both countries.
Meanwhile, on the same day, Hui Liangyu held talks with Deputy Prime Minister Yim Chhay Ly. After the meeting. Hui, together with Sok An and Yim Chhay Ly, attended the signing ceremony of agriculture, communications cooperation agreements.
Hui Liangyu will also have a meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday afternoon.
Hui, arrived in Phnom Penh on Wednesday, began his three-day official visit at the invitation of Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Office of the Council of Ministers Sok An.
Cambodia is the first leg of Hui's five-nation visit which will also take him to the Laos, Palestine, Israel and India.
The common view was reached when visiting Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu held talks with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Office of the Council of Ministers Sok An on Thursday.
During the meeting, Hui highly valued the relations between China and Cambodia, saying that China and Cambodia "are good neighbors, good friends and good partners." He said that the bilateral relations between China and Cambodia "serve as a model for state-to-state relations."
In recent years, the bilateral relations have maintained sound development momentum, Hui said, adding that China and Cambodia have kept close high-level exchanges, deepened economic and trade cooperation and maintained close coordination and cooperation on major international and regional affairs.
Moreover, Hui emphasized that the Chinese side attaches great importance to the Cambodian relations and is willing to make joint efforts with Cambodia to carry forward traditional friendship, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation and enrich bilateral comprehensive cooperative partnership in order to promote such relations to a new higher and depth level
Sok An fully agreed with Hui's positive evaluation of Sino-Cambodian relations. He thanked China for its long-term support and assistance to Cambodia's economic and social development, saying "Cambodia is willing to work with China to strengthen the cooperation and exchanges in various fields in an effort to promote bilateral relations to a higher level."
During the meeting, the two sides have an in-depth exchange of views on cooperation in agriculture, tourism, telecommunications, disaster prevention and reduction, and reached broad consensus.
The two sides also agreed to work together to smoothly implement and promote the cooperation projects, and actively explore new cooperation fields and mutual benefit and win-win cooperation model so as to bring greater benefits to the people in both countries.
Meanwhile, on the same day, Hui Liangyu held talks with Deputy Prime Minister Yim Chhay Ly. After the meeting. Hui, together with Sok An and Yim Chhay Ly, attended the signing ceremony of agriculture, communications cooperation agreements.
Hui Liangyu will also have a meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday afternoon.
Hui, arrived in Phnom Penh on Wednesday, began his three-day official visit at the invitation of Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Office of the Council of Ministers Sok An.
Cambodia is the first leg of Hui's five-nation visit which will also take him to the Laos, Palestine, Israel and India.
Lets hope this agreement benefit Cambodians and Cambodia as a whole not just only Youn and CPP's corrupted officials.
ReplyDeletegod bless cambodia.
ReplyDeleteTrue friendship between china and cambodia is only true when china helps rid of viet from cambodia!
ReplyDeleteUntil then, its just a pretext that have no true meaning to the word "friend".
Like it or not, China casts a fixed, permanent influence across South East Asia and is a key factor in Cambodian foreign policy. The current Cambodian regime has done well to balance off foreign powers/suitors in their courting of Cambodia, but at a heavy price, morally and politically. The forced repatriation of Uyghur asylum seekers was part of this cost, carried out in defiance of international and national pledges and commitment towards people seeking sanctuary from state persecution or repression; a plight many Cambodians have had to endure in their country’s recent past.
ReplyDeleteIn the seventies, The Chinese, fearing spreading Soviet influence through Vietnamese expansion began to establish a bulwark against this movement by pouring military hardware and Chinese advisors into Democratic Kampuchea, with Thailand and the rest of the free world in connivance with Beijing’s manoeuvres in the region despite their knowledge of Khmer Rouge atrocities. China’s past involvement, however, counts for little in face of Cambodia’s recurring dilemma.
As Chinese influence increases in the country –albeit this time by means of financial packages rather than solely military ones – so does Vietnamese presence, by several folds over. This should not be seen as entirely indicative of Cambodia’s own preference; rather it is very much an imposed offer; one that she lacks the will power to refuse. It was Chinese military support for Cambodia in the seventies that enabled the Pol Pot faction to break away from the guiding hands of Hanoi. With this in mind, the Vietnamese will try to pre-empt the Chinese over their Cambodian involvement by tightening their grip over the Cambodian economy, military and politics, in addition to numerous territorial bases acquired for logistics precaution.
One suspects that most Khmers, on balance, view Chinese influence as being more productive to Khmer national interests than they would otherwise the intentions of their more immediate neighbours. The accident of geography and history alone would appear to validate this sentiment, and these factors are unlikely to prove, in any way, diminished in terms of their respective configurative part in the making of the Khmer drama, now and in the generations to come. Unlike some sanguine figures in the Phnom Penh regime, this writer does not conform to the trendy optimism that international borders will wither away (disappear) within the next generation or so. Yet were this scenario to be materialised, it would truly be Cambodia’s final demise and tragedy as a nation; an exhausted civilisation finally submerged in the powerful currents of expanding neighbours, within that vague and nominal framework provided by Asean.
It would be a mistake to blame the Chinese for Cambodia’s recent tragic past. Other countries have learned to live with, and even capitalised on, this Asian giant’s influence. Even without Chinese arms, insidious forces much closer to the Khmer people would have succeeded in bringing them to their knees - without leaving behind so much as their bloody finger prints - under the most opportune and expedient of circumstances that are now manifesting themselves before us once more in slightly altered guises. Until territorial justice is secured, China and other major world powers should be engaged for their economic and military support. The Chinese should be asked to review their abandoned military air base project at Kg Chnang as part of their long term investment in Cambodia and the latter’s defensive rebuilding and modernisation. After all, it is in the former’s interest to secure and protect the fruits of their investment.
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Hun Sen is coming out from Yuon trap and he would be PM for his entire live because of that.
ReplyDeleteCambodia must hold on to China for good..this is the only way to shake off Viet-leech...
ReplyDeleteCambodia has to learn from the past. recent ruler should not push Cambodia into another battle field and burn over next decades. Cambodia should not put country in to flame again, if isn't do well Cambodia will be a tug and hot battle between west and east power.
ReplyDeleteGreat news as Chinese is in the lead in year 2020s in term of world wealth (richest nation on earth) because Chinese has bought almost of all the world resources in term of mineral products such as iron oar, gold, coal and more. Therefore, it is good that Chinese has kept our good relationship with each other. Aust
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