Under the plans reported at the time, Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni and Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk were to make a state visit to China in early September to attend the September 3 Beijing commemoration marking the 80th anniversary of victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.
The royal visit was discussed when Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the Lancang–Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Anning, Yunnan, the previous week.
The two ministers also discussed preparations for Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet’s separate trip to China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Plus summit early the following month.
They reaffirmed their commitment to deepening the comprehensive strategic partnership and ironclad friendship, advancing Diamond Hexagon cooperation, and implementing the Fish and Rice Corridor and Industrial and Innovation Corridor projects for the benefit of both countries.
Wang Yi and Prak Sokhonn welcomed the upgrade in relations to an all-weather Cambodia–China community with a shared future in the new era, agreed during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s historic state visit to Cambodia in April.
Preah Sihanouk Provincial Television Station. Reporter: ង៉ែត ពិសាន្ត
