Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni receives Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh. — VNA/VNS Photo Dinh Xuan Tuan
18-12-2009
(CAAI News Media)
PHNOM PENH — The Cambodian people are good neighbours who will always stand side by side with the Vietnamese people, King Norodom Sihamoni said during his talks with Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh in Phnom Penh yesterday.
The talks took place immediately after a red-carpet welcome ceremony that King Sihamoni gave to the Party leader on his official visit to Cambodia.
"The Vietnamese people are great and trustful friends of the Cambodian people," King Sihamoni said.
He delivered his profound gratitude to the Vietnamese Party, Government and people for their support and valuable assistance to help the Cambodian people escape from the Pol Pot genocidal regime and develop their country.
The King viewed Party General Secretary Manh’s official visit as an important event that would greatly help boost the two countries’ well-established neighbourliness and traditional friendship, as well as deepen their comprehensive co-operation in a sustainable and stable manner.
He pledged to press ahead in his father’s cause of fostering the great solidarity and fine co-operation between the two countries.
Party General Secretary Manh expressed his joy of revisiting the neighbouring country and reiterated that Viet Nam attached great importance to the traditional friendship and co-operation with Cambodia and would do its utmost to boost these ties.
The Vietnamese Party leader shared with the Cambodian King his satisfaction at developments in Viet Nam-Cambodia relations and vowed to foster them even further.
"The Vietnamese-Cambodian established neighbour-liness, traditional friendship and comprehensive, durable and long-term co-operation are invaluable and common assets of the two countries," both Vietnamese and Cambodian leaders said.
They considered the promotion of bilateral wide-ranging ties as an active contribution toward peace, stability, co-operation and development in Southeast Asia and the world.
The two leaders agreed to step up exchange programmes between the two countries’ people, particularly youths.
The Vietnamese and Cambodian leaders praised the two Governments’ endeavours in implementing the signed co-operation agreements and deals, especially the accords regarding border issues, and asserted their determination to complete border demarcation and the planting of border markers by 2012.
They underscored that the two countries would persistently follow a foreign policy of peace, friendship and trustful co-operation with all nations, particularly with neighbouring countries.
At the end of the talks, Party General Secretary Manh presented 100 sets of computers and 100 colour televisions produced in Viet Nam to King Sihamoni for his gifts to Cambodian people and children.
On the occasion, Manh invited King Sihamoni, the King’s father Norodom Sihanouk and the King’s mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk to revisit Viet Nam.
King Sihamoni accepted the invitation with pleasure and promised to convey the invitation to his parents so they could arrange the visit at a convenient time.
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Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh yesterday met members of the Cambodian parliament and government leaders during his visit to the neighbouring nation.
During a meeting with National Assembly Chairman Heng Samrin, Senate President Chea Sim and Prime Minister Hun Sen, the Party leader affirmed Viet Nam’s policy of fostering solidarity, friendship and comprehensive co-operation with Cambodia.
"This is an invaluable asset of both nations, and one of the elements to create power for both countries in their national building and development," he added.
Cambodian Senate, National Assembly and Government leaders congratulated Viet Nam on the achievements made during the renewal process and national development.
They said they valued Viet Nam’s role in the region and the world, especially its assumption of ASEAN chairmanship next year.
The leaders said they were determined to tighten traditional friendship, solidarity and co-operation to create a peaceful and stable environment enabling sustainable development for both countries.
They updated each other about economic and socio-economic situations in their own countries and exchanged views on international matters of common concern. They also expressed a wish to expand exchanges between legislative and executive bodies and localities, especially those involving state management, social management, economic development and international integration.
Party leader Manh and Prime Minister Hun Sen witnessed the signing of agreements between the two Governments on power, industry, mineral resources and water transportation.—VNS
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