Phnom Penh (FN), Apr. 25 – Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen, in his capacity as a rotating chair of ASEAN Summit 2022, pledged to further strengthen cooperation in all fields, and urged Italy as well as the European Union to further promote businesses and investment in the kingdom and in ASEAN region.

The premier spoke at the handover ceremony of more than 1 million doses of COVID19 vaccine from Italy to Cambodia on Monday (25 Apr) at the Peace Palace, Phnom Penh.

“Cambodia highly commended the promotion of the Italy-ASEAN and European Union-ASEAN cooperation. As the chair of ASEAN 2022, Cambodia will further strengthen this cooperation in all fields, and the kingdom would like to encourage the Italian Republic as well as the European Union to continue to promote more businesses and investment in the kingdom and in ASEAN region,” the premier underlined.

Cambodia would like to express her gratitude to the Italian Government for the efforts to strengthen diplomatic and economic relations as well as cooperation with Cambodia, the premier added.

Samdech continued, the kingdom would like to extend a warm welcome and congratulate the establishment of the Honorary Consulate of Italy in Cambodia in 2020, and the growth and the activeness of the Italian business communities, especially the Italian-Cambodian Business Association (ICBA), in promoting investment in Cambodia.
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