Cambodia, Australia to Strengthen Military Cooperation
AKP Phnom Penh, October 05, 2022 --

Cambodia and Australia have been committed to further strengthen their cooperation in the military sector.

The commitment was the spirit of the bilateral meeting on Oct. 4 between Lt. Gen. HM, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) and Commander of the Royal Cambodian Army, and Lt. Gen. Simon Stuart, Chief of Army of Australia, on the sidelines of the Land Forces International Land Defense Exhibition in Brisbane of Queensland, Australia.

Both sides agreed to tighten the relations between the two countries’ armies, in particular their cooperation in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR).
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PM hopes Cambodia will support people of Vietnamese origin, scammed workers
October, 25/2022 - 17:05

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính (right) and President of the Cambodian Senate Samdech Say Chhum had talks in Hà Nội on Tuesday. — VNA/VNS Photo Dương Giang

HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính thanked Cambodia for its ongoing attention to the issue of people of Vietnamese origin in the country, as well as Vietnamese people, being scammed into illegal work.

He made the remarks on Tuesday in Hà Nội as he held talks with the President of the Cambodian Senate Samdech Say Chhum, who is on a three-day visit to Việt Nam at the invitation of Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Vương Đình Huệ.

The Vietnamese Government leader hopes Cambodia will continue to address the difficulties faced by Vietnamese people in Cambodia, helping them settle and integrate into the local society and act as a 'bridge of friendship' between the two countries; facilitating the Vietnamese enterprises and investors who are doing businesses in Cambodia.

He urged the two countries' relevant authorities to step up cooperation in rescuing Vietnamese people who were tricked into forced labour in many illegal foreigners-owned business establishments in Cambodia in recent times and asked the Cambodian authorities to create favourable conditions for Vietnamese victims to return home safely.
https://vietnamnews.vn/politics-laws/13 ... rkers.html

White House: Biden to Travel to Egypt, Cambodia, Indonesia for November Summits
October 28, 2022 9:18 PM
Reuters
U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to Egypt to participate in the COP27 U.N. climate change summit on November 11, where he will call on the world to act "in this decisive decade," the White House said Friday.

Biden will then be in Cambodia November 12-13 to participate in the annual U.S.-ASEAN summit and the East Asia Summit, the White House said in a statement. After that, Biden will visit Indonesia November 13-16 to participate in a summit of leaders from the Group of 20 major economies, it added.
https://www.voanews.com/a/white-house-b ... 10614.html

VP Dhankhar visits National Museum in Phnom Penh, meets Cambodian Senate Prez
Vice President Dhankar is in Cambodia to attend the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit and the 17th East Asia Summit.
Phnom Penh: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar met Cambodian Senate President, Say Chuum on Saturday and discussed ways of bolstering ties among the parliamentarians of both countries via training programs.
The official Twitter handle of the Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar tweeted and said that the meeting between the two leaders involved discussions regarding the parliamentary systems in India and Cambodia.
Cambodia as the current Chair of ASEAN is hosting these Summits Notably, this year marks the 30th anniversary of ASEAN-India relations and is being celebrated as the ASEAN-India Friendship Year.

[Also] ...India has been for long associated with the restoration work of temples in Cambodia. Since 2003, the ASI has been working with local staff and workers on the restoration work of the temple, which is dedicated to Lord Brahma.
As a part of his visit, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar attended a Mahabharat-based performance at an event in Phnom Penh on Friday.
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CANADA: Trudeau pledges $1 million for clearing landmines, cluster bombs in Cambodia, Laos
Published Sunday, November 13, 2022 9:29AM EST

[Canadian] Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has wrapped up his first stop of a tour in Southeast Asia by announcing nearly $1 million to help remove unexploded landmines and cluster bombs from the region.

He made the $990,000 pledge at an event focused on women in security as the summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations draws to a close in Cambodia.

The funding will support grassroots and government projects in Cambodia and Laos to clear unexploded ordinances, which stem from civil wars as well as American bombing during the Vietnam War.

"When land is cleared, not only are people safer and children can play, but land can be used for farming and development," Trudeau said at a roundtable with local groups focused on women in peace-building.

Canada has been pushing countries in the region to stop using these types of munitions, and to fund remediation for decades. The 1997 Ottawa Treaty sought to ban the production of anti-personnel mines and commit to remediation, a pledge embraced by most, but not all countries.

The money will support the first dedicated national demining team in Laos, and support grassroots groups such as Cambodian Self-Help Demining.

Bill Morse, a former American soldier during the Vietnam War who helps with that group, said Trudeau's announcement bucks a trend of people assuming that mines are no longer an issue.

"Canada's commitment to continued funding, when we're almost done when everyone else here is cutting their funding, is a big step in the right direction," said Morse.

He said Cambodia could be mine-free by 2025 if local organizations had enough resources.

Instead, farmers are still maimed from decades-old cluster bombs that have sunk in the ground, while mines that were aimed at bombing vehicles and tanks lie unexploded until something heavy rolls over them.

Morse said landmines kill roughly 50 people in Cambodia each year, down from thousands in the 1990s.

"If we had 50 people getting blown up across Canada from landmines, we'd be dumping all the money we could get into the Canadian Army to go out and clean this stuff up," he said.

Mines continue to be used in conflicts across the world, including by Russian and Ukrainian forces, and Cambodian groups have helped train people in Ukraine in remediating land.
https://www.cp24.com/news/trudeau-pledg ... -1.6151059

Cambodia, New Zealand PMs Discuss Cooperation Expansion
AKP Phnom Penh, November 14, 2022 --
Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HE, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, and the Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand, expressed satisfaction with the progress of longstanding relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries, during a Bilateral Meeting here on Nov. 13, on the margins of the ASEAN Summits and Related Summits.



Samdech Techo Prime Minister thanked New Zealand for her important contribution in the peace process in Cambodia and her continued assistance to Cambodia’s socio-economic development, including in the fields of education, agriculture, renewable energy, and demining.

The two Prime Ministers discussed ways to further promote their bilateral cooperation in trade, investment, education and people-to-people connectivity. Samdech Techo Prime Minister called for stronger business links, the importation of more Cambodian rice to New Zealand and investment from New Zealand on Agro-industry such as rice mill. He also appreciated New Zealand’s continued contribution to human resource development in Cambodia, including the invaluable scholarships for government officials and students.
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ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area Improved
November 17, 2022

Cambodia News,(Phnom Penh): Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HE, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia and President of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on November 13, 2022 at the Sokha Hotel in Phnom Penh, announced the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area upgraded negotiations; this is another important achievement for Cambodia as the chair of ASEAN in 2022.

Please be informed that the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement signed in Thailand on 27 February 2009 is currently being upgraded to ensure that in the future these countries can work together for mutual benefit.

Cambodian PM to attend ASEAN-EU commemorative summit in Brussels next week
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2022-12-10 11:30:15
PHNOM PENH, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo HE will attend the ASEAN-EU commemorative summit to celebrate the 45th anniversary of ASEAN-EU Dialogue Relations on Dec. 14 in Brussels, Belgium, said a Cambodian foreign ministry's press statement released on Saturday.

As the chair of ASEAN 2022, HE will co-chair the summit with the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, the statement said.

"The plenary session of the commemorative summit will review the existing ASEAN-EU cooperation and chart the course for future direction of the ASEAN-EU relations," the statement said.

"Leaders are expected to focus their discussion on how to promote economic and people-to-people exchanges, digital transformation, connectivity, ensure green transition, energy and food security, and sustainable development," it added.

They will also exchange views on regional and international issues of common concern and interest, the statement said.

According to the statement, prior to the ASEAN-EU commemorative summit, HE will pay a working visit to France, where he will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron.

ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. ■

PM HE Holds Working Breakfast with Vietnamese and Lao PMs in Brussels
Wed Dec 14, 2022 5:21 pm
Cambodia News (Belgium): At 8:00 am on December 14, 2022 in Brussels, Belgium (2:00 pm Cambodia Time), Cambodian Prime Minister HE hosted a working breakfast with HE Pham Minh Chinh, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and HE Phankham Viphavanh, Prime Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic at a hotel named The Hotel in Brussels, Belgium.

Bon appetit !

Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Cambodia Bids Farewell
Cambodian Prime Minister Supports Korean Company Establishing Garbage Processing Project in Cambodia

Cambodia News (Phnom Penh): On the morning of 20 December 2022, Prime Minister HE received His Excellency Park Heung Kyeong, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Cambodia in a farewell ceremony on the occasion of his last day.

HE PARK Heung-Kyeong also expressed his deep gratitude to Samdech Techo and his civil servants as well as all Cambodians for providing good cooperation for his diplomatic mission in Cambodia through which relations between the two countries have been successfully enhanced.
This was especially achieved through the Prime Minister’s visit to Korea and the Korean President’s visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia recently, the entry into force of the Cambodia-Korea Free Trade Agreement, the Agreement on Preventing Double Taxation, and in particular the Korea-Cambodia Friendship Bridge project across the Tonle Sap and Mekong rivers, which starts from the Old Market to Areyksat.

On this occasion, HE PARK Heung-Kyeong respectfully asked for the Prime Minister’s support for Eco-Cam's waste-to-energy project to which the Prime Minister agreed. He there requested HE Sok Chenda Sophea, Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary-General of the Council for the Development of Cambodia, to continue working with HE Suy Sem. Minister of Mines and Energy and Phnom Penh Capital Hall to make this project a realisation.
The Prime Minister also gave his best wishes to the exiting Ambassador.