Saturday, March 24, 2012

Kuwait upgrades diplomatic ties with Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, March 23 (Xinhua) -- The oil-rich Kuwait has set up its embassy residency here for the first time in order to upgrade bilateral cooperation between the two countries, Dhera Naser Al Tuwaijri, newly-designated ambassador of Kuwait to Cambodia, said Friday.
Dhera Naser Al Tuwaijri's remarks were made during a meeting with Cambodia's president of National Assembly.
Kuwait's embassy in Cambodia had been based in Bangkok, Thailand, he said, adding that the establishment of the embassy residency here was to build close relations and cooperation between Kuwait and Cambodia.
Heng Samrin said the embassy residency in Phnom Penh would help further strengthen and expand bilateral cooperation.
According to Heng Samrin, Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah visited Cambodia in August 2008 and signed five cooperation agreements with the country. In return, Cambodia' s Prime Minister Hun Sen visited Kuwait in January 2009 and signed four agreements in air services, embassy residence building, laborer exchange and tourism cooperation.

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