US ambassador to Cambodia Patrick Murphy said cooperation between the two nations regarding legal enforcement had produced results, but was usually ‘unheralded’.
Nearly 50 years after the Khmer Republic Government owed hundreds of million dollars over loans for food supplies to feed the country, the issue remains unsolved and United States Ambassador Patrick Murphy yesterday said he would love to see the progress on the war debt, which has grown to more than half a billion dollars.
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State Councillor and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, Wang Yi, arrived in Cambodia for an official visit which will include a meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen and other senior officials. Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong said that China has provided about $140 million in grants for urgent development projects in the Kingdom. China would not have exclusive access to a Cambodian naval base, Prime Minister Hun Sen said, despite Beijing chipping in for upgrades after a US-funded facility was razed at the site last month.
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Defence Minister General Tea Banh and the Australian Defence Minister, Linda Reynolds, have committed to boosting military ties between the two nations in a bid to strengthen mutual security and combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
Newly appointed Ambassador of Russia to Cambodia Anatoly Borovik has pledged to further boost the trade relations and investment between the two countries, which are currently at a low level.
The National Police said that the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation will set up an office at its headquarters in Phnom Penh after a joint task force was established, a move that will enhance the rule of law in Kingdom.
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn urged the Ministry of Interior to strengthen ties with Canada as its foreign policy was favourable to Cambodia.https://bit.ly/2FC1C1I;
