First Vice President of the Cambodian National Assembly Cheam Yeap. (Photo: VNA)NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue will pay an official visit to Cambodia and attendthe 43rd ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-43) General Assembly in the country from November 19-22.
Cheam Yeap said the visit of the Vietnamese top legislator demonstratesthe importance of the cooperation between the two countries’ law making bodiesand their traditional solidarity and friendship, which is growing in depth sustainablyacross all aspects.
He stressed that the visit would also contribute to further strengthening thecomprehensive cooperation of the two countries.
The Cambodian legislative leader highlighted the close andall-sided cooperation between Cambodia and Vietnam in recent years. On thebasis of this good relationship, the two legislative bodies have signed acooperative agreement, creating the condition for the two sides to exchangedelegations, he said, citing as an example the official friendship visit toVietnam by a high-ranking delegation of the Cambodian NA led by its President Samdech Heng Samrin in September this year.
Cheam Yeap thanked the people, Government and Party of Vietnamfor financing 25 million USD for the building of theCambodian NA's new headquarters.
“I am delighted when the heritage of cooperation between the twoNAs continues to be upheld and promoted by NA leaders at all levels,” he said.
The legislator stressed that Cambodia supports and appreciatesthe efforts of the two governments in completing 84% of the land borderdemarcation and border mark planting workload, and will push for theacceleration of the work towards promptly completing the remaining 16%, thusturning the two countries’ border into a border line of peace, friendship, cooperationand development.
Regarding the East Sea issue, the Cambodian NA fully supports previousdecisions of ASEAN as well as those made at the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits which just concluded in Phnom Penh, including respectingprinciples of international law and the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of theSea (UNCLOS 1992), he said.
He went on to say that the Cambodian NA fully supports ASEAN’sviewpoint that peace, security and maritime safety in the East Sea should beclosely associated with a peaceful environment and development of the region,and that all arising issues in the East Sea should be handled based oninternational law, UNCLOS and ASEAN principles.
As for the AIPA cooperation, Cheam Yeap thanked Vietnam for its support ofCambodia as the host of ASEAN summits and the AIPA-43.
He welcomed Vietnam’s initiative on establishing groups of youngparliamentarians at the previous AIPA General Assembly, adding that the workrelated to this proposal will take shape more clearly at AIPA-43./.
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