Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong separately met with top leaders
of Cambodia in Phnom Penh on Dec. 6, during his current three-day
visit to Cambodia.
They were Chea Sim, President of the
Cambodian People’s Party and President of the Senate; Hun Sen, Vice
President of the Cambodian People’s Party and Prime Minister; and Nguon
Nhel, Acting President of the National Assembly.
General
Secretary Trong once again affirmed Vietnam ’s consistent external
policy of attaching importance to maintaining and unceasingly
strengthening the Vietnam-Cambodia solidarity, traditional friendship
and comprehensive cooperation, describing it as the valuable treasure of
both nations and a factor to ensure the victory of each country’s
national construction and defence.
Vietnam will support and
help Cambodia fulfil its mission as ASEAN Chair 2012 and work with
regional countries to find effective solutions to ensure peace and
security in the region, he said.
The leaders of the Senate, the
National Assembly and the Government of Cambodia highly valued the
importance and significance of the first visit to Cambodia by Nguyen
Phu Trong in his capacity as Party General Secretary.
They
expressed their pleasure with results of the talks between King Norodom
Sihamoni and General Secretary Trong and the two countries’ issuance of a
joint statement which affirms principles and orientations steering
bilateral relations in the future.
The Cambodian leaders
expressed their deep gratitude to the Party, State, army and people of
Vietnam for their great, wholehearted and effective support and
assistance to Cambodia , especially helping the Cambodian people
escape from the genocidal regime. They said the services of the
Vietnamese were recognised in Cambodia ’s history.
They
affirmed their resolve, together with Vietnam , to do their utmost to
tighten the solidarity, traditional friendship and multifaceted
cooperation, creating an environment of peace, stability and sustainable
development for both countries.
The General Secretary and his
hosts informed each other about their respective country’s
socio-economic development and shared views on international and
regional issues of common concern.
Both sides discussed a number
of ways to boost comprehensive cooperation in all fields between the two
countries. They included increase of high-level meetings and contacts,
dissemination, education and friendship exchanges among all walks of
people, especially youths, and naming 2012 as “Vietnam-Cambodia
Friendship Year” to mark the 45th anniversary of diplomatic ties.
The
two sides agreed to continue implementing cooperative agreements on
defence and security, coordinating to prevent any political or military
force to use territory of one country to fight against the other
country, working in fighting transnational crimes, illegal immigration,
cooperating in border defence and security, maintaining a joint sea
patrol mechanism, and coordinating in searching, unearthing and
repatriating remains of Vietnamese soldiers who died in Cambodia.
They
also agreed to improve the quality and efficiency of investment and
accelerate two-way trade, targeting 5 billion USD by 2015.
They
were unanimous on increasing the exchange of information and
coordination at international and regional organisations and
multilateral forums, contributing to maintaining an environment of
peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the
world.
The two sides will continue to efficiently implement bilateral treaties, agreements and pacts on borders.
General
Secretary Trong invited Senate President Chea Sim, Acting National
Assembly President Nguon Nhel, Prime Minister Hun Sen to visit Vietnam
. The Cambodian leaders accepted the invitation with pleasure.
Also
the same day, General Secretary Trong received a delegation of the
Cambodia-Vietnam Friendship Association led by Men Sam An, Deputy Prime
Minister, Chairwoman of the association and head of the Cambodia-Vietnam
friendship parliamentarians’ group.
Later the same day, King Norodom Sihamoni hosted a banquet in honour of General Secretary Trong and his entourage./.
