General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Nguyen Phu Trong (Photo: VNA) Phnom Penh (VNA) – Majornewspapers of Cambodia, including the Phnom Penh Post, Khmer Times and ThmeyThmey have run a series of stories on the State visit to Cambodia of GeneralSecretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Nguyen Phu Trong onFebruary 25-26.
The Phnom Penh Post quoted astatement by Cambodia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and InternationalCooperation as saying that during the two-day visit at the invitation of KingNorodom Sihamoni, the Vietnamese leader will hold talks with the King and QueenMother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk.
He will meet with Tep Vong, the GreatSupreme Patriarch of Cambodia, and Bour Kry, the Supreme Patriarch of the Thammayutorder of Cambodia.
The Vietnamese leader is also to meetSenate President Say Chhum, President of the National Assembly Heng Samrin, andPrime Minister Hun Sen in a ceremony to mark the signing of documents, theministry said.
The paper also mentioned Cambodia’s governmentspokesman Phay Siphan’s remarks that the visit would be beneficial toCambodia-Vietnam cooperation, especially in the maintenance of stability alongthe border shared by the two countries, with its full demarcation to becompleted soon. He added this would be a significant achievement.
“It will be a positive development,and we have maintained cooperation between the countries and peace along theborder,” he said.
Phay Siphan also stressed that theCambodian people cannot forget that Vietnamese voluntary soldiers had foughtside by side with the KampucheanUnited Front for NationalSalvation led by Hun Sen and Heng Samrin to liberate Cambodia from thegenocidal regime.
Kin Phea, director general of theRoyal Academy of Cambodia’s International Relations Institute, said Cambodiaand Vietnam enjoy a healthy relationship and strengthening ties is crucial interms of politics, security and trade.
Meanwhile, the Khmer Times highlightedthe Cambodia visit of Party General Secretary Trong in July 2017 when he andPrime Minister Hun Sen witnessed the signing of five important documents designedto strengthen bilateral partnership in mitigating natural disaster impacts,building power system and enhancing cooperation between telecommunicationsministries of the two countries.-VNA
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