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| Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at Great Hall of the People in Beijing April 8, 2013. REUTERS/Minoru Iwasaki/Pool |
By Colin Meyn
The Cambodia Daily
In a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday, Prime Minister Hun Sen said that Cambodia was committed to enhancing its cooperation with the Asian superpower and would continue to support China’s core interests and concerns in the region.
Speaking on the sidelines of the Boao Forum for Asia in China’s Hainan province, Mr. Hun Sen told Mr. Xi that “This is Cambodia’s political choice” to support China’s strategic interests, the Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua reported.
Mr. Hun Sen also planned to sign-off on eight deals for further Chinese investment in Cambodia in Beijing on Monday, said Koy Kuong, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Among the deals is a proposed oil refinery project that is worth an estimated $1.67 billion.
During Monday’s meeting, Mr. Xi told Mr. Hun Sen that China will continue to enhance its support for infrastructure projects and pledged to maintain close contact between members of the Communist Party of China and the CPP, according to Xinhua.
Chinese investment in Cambodia is growing at a fast tick. From 1994 to 2011, $8.8 billion flowed into Cambodia through Chinese investment, making China the biggest foreign investor in Cambodia, according to a report by the Council for the Development of Cambodia released in January.
This figure does not take into account more than $10 billion in promised new investments from China since 2011, including a memorandum of understanding for a deal worth $9.6 billion signed in January between the Cambodia Iron & Steel Mining Industry Group and the China Railway Group Limited to build a new railway line as well as an iron and steel factory in Preah Vihear province.
Scholars and analysts of Southeast Asia have said that China’s largesse in Cambodia has given it large amounts of political leverage over Cambodia’s government. This was most recently seen when Cambodia refused to hold talks about disputed territory in the South China Sea when it hosted Asean summits in Phnom Penh last year.
Still, Mr. Kuong said Tuesday that the surge in investment from China is not opening the door to political influence from Asia’s largest economy.
“Cambodia is a free-market economy so investors from everywhere can come to invest here,” he said.
11 comments:
Hun Sen should make a good deal with the chinese's gov't on the same ground e.g. to be committed for both chinese and cambodia's national interest, not just for their national interest alone. Do not make it sounds like we are their slave but more like a counter part.
Good Foreign Policy. Keep friendship and mutual interest between Chineese and Cambodian people alive forever. It is the right policy.
He is the dog of foreigner.
AH Hun Sen face is so ugly. Was he born this ugly and shameful?
For the well being of Cambodia, keeping Ah Kwack is no gain and better yet taking him away is no loss that what his former boss Pol Pot used to say.
They guy supports anyone, any foreigners BUT khmer people.
ដំណឹងរកយោបល់ឯកទេស ! ដំណឹងរកយោបល់ឯកទេស !
ទំនាក់ទំនងខ្មែរ- ចិនមានប្រយោជន៍អ្វី?បានអ្វីដល់រាស្ដ្រខ្មែរ?ប្រភពដើមនៃការទំនាក់ទំនងខ្មែរ- ចិនយ៉ាងប្រពៃជាស្នាដៃអ្នកណា?
រកយោបល់ឯកទេស ជាពិសេស យោបល់ព្រះអង្គម្ចាស់ ស៊ីសុវត្ថិ ធម្មិកោ ។
this dumb guy supports anyone that will kill the Khmer people. Because he is to dumb to know how to develop a country without killings and eviction
Ah khwakk nis is very dangerous take him before is too late.
borrow borrow & borrow then he (Hen Sen/CPP) said "I managed the country well and look at the grow enconomy" I & the CPP oficials now ALL have pop belly and that the KEY INDICATOR to Cambodian Economic growth and wealth of the nation!
Happy New Year
គ្រួសារកំពូជចោរ....
កើតមកជា..........ចោរ
រស់ ជា............... ចោរ
ងាប់ទៅវិញក៏ជាខ្មោចបិសាច...ចោរដែរ...
អាខ្វាក់ហ៊ុន សែន ឈ្មោះដើមវាហ៊ុន ណាល់ ។
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ឆ្មារ ខេត្តកំពង់ចាម ម៉ែវាឈ្មោះ ឌី ប៉ុក
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វា គឺ អាហ៊ុន ណាល់ ជាចោរដូចឪវានិង បងប្រុសវាដែរ។
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