United Nations human rights and environmental officials called for an end
to Cambodian authorities’ use of “punitive measures” against protectors of
the country’s environment, following the arrests this month of four young
environmental activists.
United Russia Party chairman Dmitry Medvedev, a former Russian president
and prime minister, promised Prime Minister Hun Sen that Russia will provide
vaccines to help Cambodia fight Covid-19.
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The Swedish Embassy in Cambodia will officially close its office here in
December. Minister of Interior Sar Kheng asked Sweden to help fight
transnational crime, while also highlighting cooperation between the two
sides on pursuing sub-national administrative reforms.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn held
a virtual meeting with new UN special rapporteur on the situation of human
rights in Cambodia Vitit Muntarbhorn on July 1 to discuss a wide range of
issues.
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General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee
Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to Hun Sen, president of the
Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), on the 70th anniversary of the CPP’s
founding, signifying the ironclad friendship and time-honored and mutually
beneficial cooperation between the two parties, as well as the two
countries.
Six Cambodian cadets who are studying at four US military academies –
including the prestigious and storied West Point – may have to quit their
courses of study soon as their US government scholarships are ending due to
Cambodia’s loss of eligibility for the US military service academy
programme.
