PHNOM PENH, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Gerardo Prato, the first Ambassador of Uruguay to Cambodia, officially started his diplomatic mission on Monday, pledging to cement the bilateral ties in politics and economics.
Speaking during a meeting with Cambodia's deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, Prato said Uruguay was willing to strengthen and expand bilateral ties with Cambodia, adding that the country would support Cambodia's candidacy for the non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council ( UNSC) in the vote later this year.
He added that Uruguay also wanted to bridge relations and cooperations with the Southeast Asian kingdom in agricultural sector.
Meanwhile, Hor Namhong said sending ambassador to Cambodia will deepen the two countries' relations and cooperation. He welcomes Uruguay's desire to create relations with Cambodia in agriculture.
Cambodia is favorable for agricultural sector, especially rice farming, he said, adding that the country will be pleased if Uruguay investors come to invest in rice processing mills here.
Cambodia and Uruguay established a diplomatic relation in 1994, but the two countries have only had political ties, not any economic relations, said Koy Kuong, spokesman for Cambodia's Foreign Ministry.
Monday, May 21, 2012
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Welsh secretary pledges to urge investors to Cambodia
PHNOM PENH, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The Secretary of
State for Wales Cheryl Gillan pledged on Thursday to encourage more
investors from the United Kingdom to Cambodia in order to further
strengthen the UK-Cambodia ties.
Cheryl made the promise during a two-hour meeting with the Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen at the Peace Palace.
She said her visit here
was to boost the UK-Cambodia relations and cooperation and during the
stay, she would open a UK Trade and Investment Office in Cambodia and a
new factory for Quantum Clothing (Cambodia), which is invested by a
British company.
Meanwhile, Hun Sen
congratulated the UK for opening the Trade and Investment Office in
Phnom Penh and said Cambodia has been expanding the scope of its economy
through encouraging investments in mineral resources and energy.
The premier said he wanted to see Britain investors in these fields.
He also told Cheryl
that Cambodia now is full of political stability, security and sound
macroeconomics. Moreover, the country enjoys remarkable increases in
garment and textile exports and foreign tourist arrivals.
Cheryl arrived here on
Wednesday for a two-day visit. Her visit is part of a tour to Thailand,
Cambodia and Singapore, focusing on UK. trade and investment in
Southeast Asia region, said a press release from the U.S. embassy in
Phnom Penh.
She is the first Cabinet Minister from the Coalition Government that visits Cambodia to foster trade and investment ties. Hillary invites Cambodia's FM to visit Washington next month
PHNOM PENH, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton on Thursday invited Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign
Minister Hor Namhong to make an official visit to Washington D.C. on
June 12, according to her invitation letter released by Cambodia's
Foreign Ministry.
"Your visit would be an important opportunity to identify ways in which we can work together to broaden our bilateral relationship and advance common regional goals during your leadership of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations," she said in the letter.
She said that the United States values the growing partnership with Cambodia, a partnership that has benefited the two countries' peoples over the years.
"I welcome a chance to deepen our mutual understanding and identify ways to promote regional stability and ensure shared prosperity for our countries and the wider Asia Pacific region," she said.
"Your visit would be an important opportunity to identify ways in which we can work together to broaden our bilateral relationship and advance common regional goals during your leadership of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations," she said in the letter.
She said that the United States values the growing partnership with Cambodia, a partnership that has benefited the two countries' peoples over the years.
"I welcome a chance to deepen our mutual understanding and identify ways to promote regional stability and ensure shared prosperity for our countries and the wider Asia Pacific region," she said.
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Cambodia observes traditional Buddhist day
PHNOM PENH, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia observed the country's
traditional Buddhist Day of Visak Bochea Saturday in Kampong Speu
Province, which houses Buddha's Sarira.
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Tea Banh along with 300 monks and thousands of Buddhists attended the celebration.
In Cambodia, the Buddha's Sarira is housed at the cliff of Preah Reach Trap Mountain, located in Kampong Speu Province's Oddong District, some 40 kilometers north of Phnom Penh.
The Visak Bochea day is a religious holiday in Cambodia. It is the anniversary of the Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death.
During the event, participants had brought praying stuff such as candles, incense sticks, flowers to pray to the Lord Buddha and offered foods and cash donations to about 300 Buddhist monks.
Buddhism is the state religion of Cambodia. About 90 percent of the country's 14.3 million people are Buddhists.
According to figures released by the Ministry of Culture and Religion in 2011, the country has approximately 4,400 Buddhist pagodas with more than 50,000 monks.
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Tea Banh along with 300 monks and thousands of Buddhists attended the celebration.
In Cambodia, the Buddha's Sarira is housed at the cliff of Preah Reach Trap Mountain, located in Kampong Speu Province's Oddong District, some 40 kilometers north of Phnom Penh.
The Visak Bochea day is a religious holiday in Cambodia. It is the anniversary of the Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death.
During the event, participants had brought praying stuff such as candles, incense sticks, flowers to pray to the Lord Buddha and offered foods and cash donations to about 300 Buddhist monks.
Buddhism is the state religion of Cambodia. About 90 percent of the country's 14.3 million people are Buddhists.
According to figures released by the Ministry of Culture and Religion in 2011, the country has approximately 4,400 Buddhist pagodas with more than 50,000 monks.
China-funded road, bridge begin construction in N Cambodia
STUNG TRENG, Cambodia, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun
Sen on Saturday broke ground for the construction of the China-funded
national road No. 214 and the Cambodia-China Friendship Mekong-Stung
Treng Bridge here in the northern part of Cambodia.
The 144-kilometer road and a 1,731-meter bridge have been building under the soft loan of 116 million U.S. dollars from the government of China, aiming at boosting the economic development in Cambodia's border provinces.
The road stretches from Stung Treng province to Preah Vihear province. The Shanghai Construction (Group) General Company undertakes the construction, which is expected to complete in 45 months.
Speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony, Hun Sen said that the road and bridge are very important to develop and link border provinces, adding that they are in the northern corridor which connects Cambodia to Vietnam and Laos.
"All achievements here have come from very good relations and cooperation between the governments of Cambodia and China," he said.
Hun Sen also expressed profound thanks to the Chinese government and the Chinese people for constantly supporting Cambodia in its social and economic development.
"China has helped Cambodia a lot in infrastructure development, especially roads and bridges," he said. "The assistance is very vital for Cambodia to develop the country's economy and poverty alleviation."
Meanwhile, Charge d'Affairs of Chinese Embassy to Cambodia He Leping said that China would still continue helping Cambodia in developing infrastructures, especially roads and bridges.
"The road and bridge are essential to improve the livelihoods of the Cambodian people in northern border provinces," he said.
He also promised to encourage more Chinese investors to do business in Cambodia, especially in the sectors of infrastructure and agriculture.
The 144-kilometer road and a 1,731-meter bridge have been building under the soft loan of 116 million U.S. dollars from the government of China, aiming at boosting the economic development in Cambodia's border provinces.
The road stretches from Stung Treng province to Preah Vihear province. The Shanghai Construction (Group) General Company undertakes the construction, which is expected to complete in 45 months.
Speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony, Hun Sen said that the road and bridge are very important to develop and link border provinces, adding that they are in the northern corridor which connects Cambodia to Vietnam and Laos.
"All achievements here have come from very good relations and cooperation between the governments of Cambodia and China," he said.
Hun Sen also expressed profound thanks to the Chinese government and the Chinese people for constantly supporting Cambodia in its social and economic development.
"China has helped Cambodia a lot in infrastructure development, especially roads and bridges," he said. "The assistance is very vital for Cambodia to develop the country's economy and poverty alleviation."
Meanwhile, Charge d'Affairs of Chinese Embassy to Cambodia He Leping said that China would still continue helping Cambodia in developing infrastructures, especially roads and bridges.
"The road and bridge are essential to improve the livelihoods of the Cambodian people in northern border provinces," he said.
He also promised to encourage more Chinese investors to do business in Cambodia, especially in the sectors of infrastructure and agriculture.
Cambodia denies planting landmines on border with Thailand
PHNOM PENH, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs
on Saturday issued a statement to reject Thailand's assertion that the
country has planted landmines along the border with Thailand.
The statement was made after Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Thani Thongphakdi, as reported in the Bangkok Post online on Friday, alleged Cambodia of deliberately placing landmines along the Thai-Cambodian border and a Thai soldier was badly injured by one of the devices on Wednesday.
The statement said "It is extremely sad and disturbing that such a baseless accusation is made against Cambodia, when mine explosion is still a common occurrence, even in places inhabited or cultivated for years after the war ended."
It said that it is known around the world that former battlegrounds in Cambodia, especially along the Cambodia-Thailand border, are still heavily contaminated by landmines and unexploded ordnance buried during the almost three decades of war by the Democratic Kampuchea regime, known as Khmer Rouge.
The area near the Preah Vihear temple where a mine was set off by a Thai solder was previously a battle zone and a sanctuary of the Khmer Rouge forces who must have laid many landmines to protect their position during the war.
The Khmer Rouge forces also took temporary refuge in Thai territory along the border during the war time, it said.
"Cambodia hopes that Thailand would refrain from making further unsubstantiated allegation which could harm the improving ties between the two nations."
The Bangkok Post reported on Friday that Sergeant Chatree Kaewprasan of Thailand's 23rd Infantry Division was on a foot patrol near the 4.6 sq km disputed area near Preah Vihear temple on Wednesday night when he stepped on a landmine, which blew off his right leg.
The statement was made after Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Thani Thongphakdi, as reported in the Bangkok Post online on Friday, alleged Cambodia of deliberately placing landmines along the Thai-Cambodian border and a Thai soldier was badly injured by one of the devices on Wednesday.
The statement said "It is extremely sad and disturbing that such a baseless accusation is made against Cambodia, when mine explosion is still a common occurrence, even in places inhabited or cultivated for years after the war ended."
It said that it is known around the world that former battlegrounds in Cambodia, especially along the Cambodia-Thailand border, are still heavily contaminated by landmines and unexploded ordnance buried during the almost three decades of war by the Democratic Kampuchea regime, known as Khmer Rouge.
The area near the Preah Vihear temple where a mine was set off by a Thai solder was previously a battle zone and a sanctuary of the Khmer Rouge forces who must have laid many landmines to protect their position during the war.
The Khmer Rouge forces also took temporary refuge in Thai territory along the border during the war time, it said.
"Cambodia hopes that Thailand would refrain from making further unsubstantiated allegation which could harm the improving ties between the two nations."
The Bangkok Post reported on Friday that Sergeant Chatree Kaewprasan of Thailand's 23rd Infantry Division was on a foot patrol near the 4.6 sq km disputed area near Preah Vihear temple on Wednesday night when he stepped on a landmine, which blew off his right leg.
China Exim Bank plans to invest in Cambodia's TV, steel sectors
PHNOM PENH, May 4 (Xinhua) -- The Export-Import Bank of China has
planned to invest in two mega-projects in Cambodia, the bank's vice
president Zhu Xinqiang said here Friday.
Speaking in a meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen at the Peace Palace, Zhu said that the bank would partner with a local TV station in order to modernize its TV system to a digital one with internet and telephone system, Eang Sophallet, spokesman for Prime Minister Hun Sen, told reporters after the meeting.
Zhu said the project is estimated to cost about 235 million U.S. dollars.
The other project is to build a steel plant by importing raw materials from overseas to manufacture in Cambodia and supply the finished products to local and regional markets, he said without giving the details of investment cost.
Zhu asked the premier to support the projects.
It is unknown when the two projects will be started. During the meeting, Zhu also hailed Cambodia for rapid social and economic development in recent years, saying that the country has lots of potential for investors.
Hun Sen welcomed the investment plan, especially cooperation between the bank and a local partner to modernize the TV system as the country needs the latest technologies.
For the steel factory, the prime minister advised the bank to contact relevant institutions in Cambodia, especially the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) for investment procedures.
China is the largest investor here with a total investment of 8. 91 billion U.S. dollars from 1994 to 2011, according to the CDC's data.
Speaking in a meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen at the Peace Palace, Zhu said that the bank would partner with a local TV station in order to modernize its TV system to a digital one with internet and telephone system, Eang Sophallet, spokesman for Prime Minister Hun Sen, told reporters after the meeting.
Zhu said the project is estimated to cost about 235 million U.S. dollars.
The other project is to build a steel plant by importing raw materials from overseas to manufacture in Cambodia and supply the finished products to local and regional markets, he said without giving the details of investment cost.
Zhu asked the premier to support the projects.
It is unknown when the two projects will be started. During the meeting, Zhu also hailed Cambodia for rapid social and economic development in recent years, saying that the country has lots of potential for investors.
Hun Sen welcomed the investment plan, especially cooperation between the bank and a local partner to modernize the TV system as the country needs the latest technologies.
For the steel factory, the prime minister advised the bank to contact relevant institutions in Cambodia, especially the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) for investment procedures.
China is the largest investor here with a total investment of 8. 91 billion U.S. dollars from 1994 to 2011, according to the CDC's data.
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