Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (L) meets with his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen (Photo: VNA) During the meeting, the Vietnamese Government leader highly valued Cambodia'srole and contributions as ASEAN Chair, including promoting the implementationof the ASEAN Five-PointConsensus on the situation in Myanmar.
PM Chinh also congratulated Cambodia on positive results it achieved incontrolling the COVID-19 pandemic and fully reopening the economy, expressinghis belief that Cambodia will successfully organise the commune/ward elections in early June as well as theNational Assembly elections in 2023.
For his part, Cambodian PM Hun Sen spoke highly of Vietnam’s achievements in COVID-19response, and socio-economic recovery and development, saying that he believesthe Vietnamese Government and people will continue to achieve even greaterachievements in its doi moi (renewal) process and international integration.
The Cambodian leader also thanked Vietnam for supporting Cambodia in the roleas ASEAN Chair 2022.
The two leaders expressedtheir satisfaction with the positive developments in the bilateral cooperation inrecent times, especially the maintenance of meetings and high level delegationexchanges, as well as cooperation mechanisms in all channels.
Two-way trade kept apositive growth momentum, hitting 3.37 billion USD in the first quarter of2022, up 24.9 percent year-on-year.
In order tocontinue promoting the "good neighbourliness, traditional friendship, and comprehensive,sustainable and long-term cooperation" between the two countries in thecoming time, the two PMs agreed to promote the exchange of high-leveldelegations during the Vietnam - Cambodia, Cambodia - Vietnam Friendship Year2022 and jointly organise meaningful activities to celebrate the 55thanniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations (June 24, 1967-2022).
The two sides will make efforts to maintain trade-investment development; promotetourism; effectively use the border gate system to facilitate trade andpeople-to-people exchanges; uphold the achievement of demarcation and markerplanting on about 84 percent of the land border and continue the work on theremaining 16 percent; and jointly build a border of peace and friendshipbetween the two countries.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh also expressed his thanks and wished that theCambodian Government would continue to pay attention to and create conditionsfor the community of Vietnamese-origin Cambodians to strengthen their legalstatus and stabilise their lives in Cambodia.
On this occasion, the Vietnamese Government leader respectfully conveyed the regardsof Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, State President Nguyen Xuan Phucand National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue to Prime Minister Hun Sen andother senior leaders of Cambodia. PM Hun Sen expressed his sincere thanks and invitedPrime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to pay an official visit to Cambodia./.
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