Preah Sihanouk Provincial Television, September 10 — In a keynote address yesterday at a Belt and Road international investment cooperation forum, Deputy Prime Minister and First Vice President of the Council for the Development of Cambodia Sun Chanthol said China’s Belt and Road Initiative had played an important role in Cambodia’s socioeconomic development, with particularly strong results in transport and infrastructure.
He said Cambodia had completed more than 3,000 kilometres of national roads and 16 major bridges through Belt and Road cooperation in recent years, as well as the Phnom Penh–Sihanoukville Expressway and Siem Reap–Angkor International Airport. The Funan Techo Canal project was also moving ahead. The infrastructure had shortened travel times, connected urban and rural areas, made it easier to bring agricultural products to market and created opportunities for millions of tourists and investors.
Sun Chanthol said the projects were laying a solid foundation for modernisation and safeguarding future prosperity. Cambodia’s experience showed that the Belt and Road was a model of mutually beneficial cooperation that drove economic transformation and sustained growth, he said.
Looking ahead, he said Cambodia would deepen cooperation under the framework, expanding beyond physical projects such as roads and ports into green development, digitalisation and talent training, with a more sustainable and transparent approach that would benefit the region and the wider world.
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