Under the plans reported at the time, King Norodom Sihamoni and Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk were to make a state visit to China in early September. They were expected at the September 3 Beijing commemoration of the 80th anniversary of victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.
The visit was announced during a bilateral meeting between Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the Lancang–Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Anning, Yunnan, the previous week.
The foreign ministers also said Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet planned to visit China in early September to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Plus summit.
The ministers reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening the comprehensive strategic partnership and ironclad friendship. They pledged to advance the Diamond Hexagon cooperation framework and key projects including the Fish and Rice Corridor and the Industrial and Innovation Corridor for the benefit of both countries and their peoples.
Wang Yi and Prak Sokhonn welcomed the strengthening of relations and the two countries’ work to build a Cambodia–China community with a shared future in the new era. The understanding was reached during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s historic state visit to Cambodia in April, marking a new stage in bilateral relations.
Compiled by the station.
