Prime Minister meets Cambodian legislative and religious leaders
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc wishes that the Senate and NA of Cambodia would continue paying attention to increasing the economic, trade and investment ties with Vietnam in Phnom Penh on April 25.
Phnom Penh (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc wishes that the Senate and NationalAssembly of Cambodia would continue paying attention to increasing theeconomic, trade and investment ties with Vietnam while meeting the leaders ofthe two bodies in Phnom Penh on April 25.
At his meetings with President of the Senate Samdech Say Chum and President ofthe National Assembly Samdech Heng Samrin, PM Phuc delivered his hope that thetwo legislative bodies will coordinate to push for the early completion of landborder demarcation and border marker plantation with Vietnam and make it easierlegally for Vietnamese expatriates in Cambodia to lead a stable life andbusiness.
The Cambodian legislative leaders asserted that Cambodian people have neverforgotten the heroic sacrifice made by the Vietnamese volunteer soldiers to helpthem escape the Khmer Rouge’s genocide and rebuild their country.
The two sides agreed to work closely in activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties (June 24), saying the effort will help people ofall strata, especially young people, gain a right understanding of the countries’traditional friendship and solidarity and take responsibility for preservingit.
On the day, PM Phuc paid a New Year visit to the Great Supreme Patriarch BuddhistMonk King Tep Vong, who thanked the PM and Vietnamese people for incessantly assistingCambodian people to build important facilities, including thefreshly-inaugurated Long Binh-Chrey Thom bridge.
He received Presidentof the Cambodia-Vietnam Friendship Association Men Sam An, who is also DeputyPrime Minister and Minister of National Assembly-Senate Relations andInspection.
He said the Association has made positive contributions to the two countries’relations, and has, together with the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Association,played an important role in connecting the two people in all areas.
The Vietnamese Government highly valued the contributions of the Associationand its President to the bilateral traditional friendship and multi-facetedcooperation, he said.
Men Sam An said sheis delighted with the results of PM Phuc’s talks and meetings during the visit,and expressed her hope to receive the governments’ due attention so herassociation can accomplish the task of bridging Cambodian and Vietnamese people.
Late on the day, Vietnam and Cambodian issued a joint statement on the officialvisit to Cambodia of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse from April24-26.-VNA
A visit to Cambodia from April 24-25 by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will be his first official trip to the neighbouring country in the post of the Government leader of Vietnam.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, his spouse, and a high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese Government left on April 24 for an official visit to Cambodia.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Cambodian counterpart Samdech Techo Hun Sen agreed on various measures to bolster the countries’ multi-faceted relations at their talks in Phnom Penh on April 25.
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PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc (Source: VNA) 
