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DPM Tea Banh Returns Home
Phnom Penh, December 24, 2010 AKP -- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Gen. Tea Banh returned home on Thursday after paying a four-day official visit to Laos at the invitation of his Lao counterpart, H.E. Douangchai Phichit.
During his stay in Lao capital city Vientiane, the Cambodian deputy prime minister was received by Vice-President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, H.E. Bounnhang Vorachith who praised and highly valued the visit to Laos of Gen. Tea Banh and his delegation as a big contribution to further strengthening the friendly relation and co-operation between Laos and Cambodia, especially between the two countries’ defense ministries, according to Lao News Agency KPL.
Gen. Tea Banh also held a bilateral talk with his Lao counterpart H.E. Douangchai Phichit. The talk particularly focused on increasing the traditional cooperation of the two neighboring countries.
The Cambodian deputy prime minister also briefed H.E. Douangchai Phichit on the country’s general situation, especially the active participation of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces in maintaining security, safety and social order for the Cambodian people, in the UN peacekeeping mission in Sudan, Chad, Central Africa and Lebanon. --AKP
By SOKMOM Nimul
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Cambodia, Laos Ink Cultural Cooperation Agreement
Phnom Penh, December 24, 2010 AKP -- Cambodia and Laos intend to organize a number of cultural exchange activities and events over the next three years to boost bilateral cooperation in the sector.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on cultural cooperation was signed in Vientiane on Dec. 21 by Cambodian Minister of Culture and Fine Arts Him Chhem and Lao Minister of Information and Culture Mounkeo Oraboun, Lao News Agency KPL reported.
The MOU outlines plans to organize cultural events, including film festivals and a cultural week, on occasions of national significance for each country, as well as exchange visits by delegations of the two neighbors.
Other events to be organized include photo and painting exhibitions and book fairs.
Under the MOU, each year groups of three to five government officials from each nation’s culture sector will visit the other country for a week.
During a bilateral meeting between cultural officials led by the two ministers on Dec. 16, the two sides expressed their willingness to strengthen relations between their countries and between the four newest ASEAN members - Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam - through cultural activities and events.
“The nations shall invite art groups and delegations from other countries to participate in international and domestic festivals and conferences on culture and art to be held in their territories,” the MOU states.
According to the MOU, the two sides also agreed to facilitate technical cooperation including exchange of experience and information, training for officials working in the field of culture and arts, and actively endeavoring to realize exchange and cooperation, including exchange of scientific and technological information, and delegations in the field of cultural heritage preservation.
The MOU also covers cooperation between museums and libraries in the two countries, with an aim of stimulating exchange of information and officials.
The two ministries also agreed to boost intellectual property rights protection in accordance with the laws and regulations of their respective countries and international obligations. --AKP
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