Chinese Vice Premier ends visit to Cambodia

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen (L) shakes hands with visiting Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 18, 2010. (Xinhua/Lei Bosong)

SIEM REAP, Cambodia, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu left here on Friday, ending his three-day official visit to Cambodia at the invitation of Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Office of the Council of Ministers Sok An.

Cambodian senior officials of the Foreign Ministry and the Office of the Council of Ministers as well as Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Pan Guangxue saw Hui and Chinese delegation off at the Siem Reap International Airport.

During his stay here, Hui held talks with Prime Minister Hun Sen and Sok An. The two sides have an in-depth exchange of views on cooperation in agriculture, tourism, telecommunications, disaster prevention and reduction, and reached broad consensus.

Both sides highly valued the friendly relations between the two countries and agreed to join efforts to promote bilateral relations to a new higher level.

Meanwhile, Hui Liangyu, together with Sok An and Deputy Prime Minister Yim Chhay Ly, attended the signing ceremony of agriculture, communications cooperation agreements.

Cambodia is the first leg of Hui's five-nation visit which will also take him to the Laos, Palestine, Israel and India.