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.

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

President Triet hailed the friendship visit of the Cambodian royal family members, former King Norodom Sihanouk, his wife Norodom Moninieth Shihanouk and King Norodom Sihamoni, saying that the visit demonstrates the friendship and traditional cooperation between the two countries.

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

King Norodom Sihamoni expressed his respect for the sentiments and the warm welcome that Vietnamese people and leaders gave to his delegation as well as their great support for Cambodian people in the past struggle for national defence and during the current national construction.

The King asserted Cambodia’s commitments to strengthening and further promoting its friendship and the all-sided, long-term cooperation with Vietnam./.