Cambodian PM Hun Sen's China trip fruitful: official

via CAAI

December 17, 2010

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's official visit to China concluded with good result and the two countries' relations reached a comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation, said Hor Namhong, deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation, on Friday.

"China issued a statement that agreed to establish a comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation with Cambodia on all sectors,"Hor told reporters at a press briefing about Hun Sen's China trip held at Phnom Penh International Airport after the arrival of Prime Minister Hun Sen from China.

Hor Namhong said that the statement was made after the official talks between Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Prime Minister Hun Sen in a friendly, close, honest atmosphere.

"The two countries' relation has been developed from the first phase of the good neighbor cooperation to the second phase of mutual trust cooperation and now has established a comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation," Hor said.

"It is very important for the relations of the two countries and also a good result of the visit of Prime Minister Hun Sen,"he stressed.

When asked why the two countries have such a close relations, Hor answered that "China is an emerging powerful country in the world with rapidly development in various fields, such as economy, finance, military and politics. Nobody can prevent China's development."

"China's development will not only benefit its own people, but also make a greater contribution to the world," he said.

Moreover, "a good relations between Cambodia and China will benefit Cambodia," he said, adding that Prime Minister Hun Sen has always said that the progress of the development of China would bring more Chinese tourists to visit other countries including Cambodia.

Prime Minister Hun Sen made his five-day official visit to China at the invitation of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.

During the visit, Chinese President Hu Jintao and China's top legislator Wu Bangguo met with Hun Sen respectively. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao held talks with him.

China and Cambodia on Monday agreed to establish a comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation. Both sides signed 13 deals on cooperation in areas such as energy, infrastructure, finance and consular affairs.

Besides Beijing, Hun Sen also visited China's port city Tianjin and China's Jiangsu Province.

Source: Xinhua