Beijing (FN), Nov. 1 – President of the Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC) Sok Touch and president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) Gao Xiang highly commended the Cambodia-China blooming traditional friendship.

Both leaders vowed to jointly build a high-quality, high-standard and high-level Cambodia-China community with a shared future in the new era.

The presidents spoke in the opening ceremony of the Third China-Cambodia Think Tank High-level Forum, held on Wednesday (Nov. 1) in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China.

“Cambodia-China friendship is like a blooming flower under the sky,” president Gao Xiang quoted Cambodian late king father Norodom Sihanouk.

“Cambodia was among the first country to respond to the proposal of the Chinese president Xi Jinping on Belt and Road Initiatives (BRI),” Gao underlined.

He continued, “Cambodia and China have always treated each other as equal partners and support each other. Cambodia-China strong partnership was also seen in recent years in agriculture and infrastructure cooperation, including Sihanoukville port and Siem Reap new airport.”

For his part, president Sok Touch praised the wonderful cooperation established and maintained by the two countries.

“Cambodia and China have jointly developed their cooperation, namely iron-clad friendship, comprehensive partnership and diamond cooperation,” president Sok Touch underlined.

On the occasion, Sok Touch also proposed closer cooperation in agriculture, tourism and water resources, emphasizing that “without water, there is no agriculture, tourism and transportation.”

To conclude the opening of the high-level forum, both presidents encouraged diverse contents to be discussed in the future and looked forward to jointly carrying out the iron-clad cooperation and lay foundation of the building of the high-level Cambodia-China community with a shared future.
=FRESH NEWS

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