Deputy PM meets Cambodia’s acting Prime Minister

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh paid a visit to Samdech Sar Kheng, Acting Prime Minister of Cambodia, in Phnom Penh on March 14.
 
Deputy PM meets Cambodia’s acting Prime Minister ảnh 1Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (L) and Acting Prime Minister of Cambodia Samdech Sar Kheng at the meeting (Photo: VNA)
Phnom Penh(VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh paid a visitto Samdech Sar Kheng, Acting Prime Minister of Cambodia, in Phnom Penh on March14.

Minh is in PhnomPenh for the 15th meeting of the Vietnam-Cambodia Joint Committee onEconomic, Culture and Scientific and Technological Cooperation and the 9th Conference on cooperation and development of Vietnamese and Cambodian borderlocalities.

The leaders agreed that the two events, taking place at a time when the twocountries are celebrating the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties(June 24, 1967), will contribute to cementing and fostering the traditionalfriendship and neighbourliness.

Minh stressed that activitiesmarking the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties will make people ofall walks of life, especially young ones, have a correct understanding of thetraditional friendship and cooperation between the two countries so to preserveand foster them.

He expressed hishope that the Joint Committee and the Conference will enable ministries,sectors and localities to meet and seek appropriate measures to accelerate thecountries’ ties across sectors, in particular economics.

The two sides spokehighly of the important role of the Joint Committee and the Conference instepping up multi-dimensional cooperation between the two countries.

Acting Prime Minister Samdech Sar Kheng affirmed that he will instructministries, sectors and localities to continue working closely with theVietnamese sides to deploy agreed cooperative contents for more productive cooperationin the future.

On the occasion,Deputy PM Minh suggested Acting Prime Minister Samdech Sar Kheng pay more heedto directing the land border demarcation and border marker planting so the workwill soon be completed and the shared border will serve development.

He also proposed the Cambodian Government to make it easier for Vietnamesebusinesses currently doing business in the country as well as OverseasVietnamese securing a stable life in the host country.

Acting Prime Minister Samdech Sar Kheng assured that he will instruct relevantagencies to work with Vietnamese partners to help Overseas Vietnamese settlestably and children of Vietnamese origin attend school in Cambodia.

On the day, Minh visited the staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia.-VNA
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