China News Agency, Phnom Penh, October 11 (Reporter Ouyang Kaiyu) On October 11, local time, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who was on an official visit to Cambodia, met with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and the China-Cambodia Intergovernmental Coordination Committee in Phnom Penh. Chairman He Nanhong.
Wang Yi said that the Chinese Foreign Minister's visit to Southeast Asia made Cambodia the first stop because our two countries are hardcore friends and a community of shared destiny.
The friendship between China and Cambodia has not been affected by the epidemic, but has been further sublimated in the joint fight against the epidemic.
China is willing to work with Cambodia to further consolidate political mutual trust, deepen mutual support, and jointly plan and promote better development of bilateral relations in the post-epidemic period.
Wang Yi said that the current mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Cambodia in various fields maintains a strong momentum.
The recent meeting of the Intergovernmental Coordination Committee between the two countries reached a series of consensus and formulated a new list of cooperation, which is currently being implemented smoothly.
The mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Cambodia is comprehensive, covering almost all areas.
China will continue to support Cambodia’s fight against the epidemic, give Cambodia a priority in providing vaccines and purchase more Cambodian high-quality agricultural products.
China's investment in Cambodia has overcome the impact of the epidemic and has grown against the trend, which will help promote the process of Cambodia's industrialization and improve Cambodia's ability to develop independently.
Wang Yi pointed out that while the two sides continue to promote cooperation in traditional fields between the two countries, it is also necessary to explore new growth points in emerging fields such as artificial intelligence, 5G, big data, and cloud computing.
China will continue to implement relevant cooperation projects in accordance with Cambodia’s needs and give more preference to people’s livelihood.
China and Cambodia are about to sign a free trade agreement. This is Cambodia's first bilateral free trade agreement. It will not only promote the development of trade between the two countries, but also play an active role in Cambodia's response to the challenges of the post-epidemic period.
He Nanhong said that the Cambodian side highly appreciates China's major achievements in fighting the epidemic, and thanks China for providing Cambodia with anti-epidemic material assistance and dispatching a team of medical experts.
The Cambodian epidemic prevention and control results are inseparable from China's strong support. The next step is to develop vaccine cooperation with China and fully launch the "fast channel" for personnel exchanges and the "green channel" for logistics, so as to help the economic and social development of the two countries.
The Cambodian side is willing to work with China to implement the action plan for building a Cambodia-China community with a shared future and push bilateral relations to a higher level.
The list of cooperation in various fields formulated by the Intergovernmental Coordination Committee of the two countries plays an important guiding role in deepening Cambodia-China cooperation.
The Cambodian side thanks China for helping Cambodia build relevant infrastructure and actively import high-quality Cambodian agricultural products. It is hoped that China will help Cambodia formulate an industrial development plan.
The signing of a bilateral free trade agreement between Cambodia and China is of far-reaching political and economic significance.
The two sides can enhance communication between various departments through various means, strengthen the construction of friendship cities between the two countries, and continuously consolidate the social foundation of Cambodia-China friendship.
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