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Vietnam, Cambodia to further tighten relations

State President Nguyen Minh Triet and Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni said on June 23 that they believed the friendship, cooperation and mutual confidence between leaders and people of the two nations will be further tightened.
State President Nguyen Minh Triet and Cambodian King Norodom Sihamonisaid on June 23 that they believed the friendship, cooperation andmutual confidence between leaders and people of the two nations will befurther tightened.

The statements were made during a receptionthe same day for Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni who is in Vietnam for afour-day visit.

President Triet hailed the friendship visitof the Cambodian royal family members, former King Norodom Sihanouk, hiswife Norodom Moninieth Shihanouk and King Norodom Sihamoni, saying thatthe visit demonstrates the friendship and traditional cooperationbetween the two countries.

He stressed that Vietnamese people andgenerations of Vietnamese leaders always bore in mind, respected andwere thankful for the profound sentiments and support of Cambodianpeople to Vietnam in the past and during the present.

KingNorodom Sihamoni expressed his respect for the sentiments and the warmwelcome that Vietnamese people and leaders gave to his delegation aswell as their great support for Cambodian people in the past strugglefor national defence and during the current national construction.

TheKing asserted Cambodia’s commitments to strengthening and furtherpromoting its friendship and the all-sided, long-term cooperation withVietnam./.
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