Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Ket Sophann said the government has submitted a report to the European Commission detailing efforts made to improve human rights in the Kingdom. Fewer holidays, reduced electricity prices and streamlined export procedures will be enough to offset the costs of losing duty-free trade with the E.U. ( EBA) over human rights concerns, Commerce Ministry spokesman Seang Thay said.
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Prime Minister Hun Sen and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena have agreed to speed up the signing of additional memoranda of understanding to cover visa exemptions for diplomats, bilateral air services and cooperation in the field of tourism.
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Japan reached more than $1 billion in the first half of this year, up 16 per cent year-on-year, according to data from the Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro).
Nearly two years ago, W. Patrick Murphy, seated in the U.S. ambassador’s residence in Phnom Penh, addressed reporters and expressed serious concern over a widespread crackdown initiated by the Cambodian government against the political opposition, civil society and independent media.
CHINA’s agreement to invest almost $300million in Cambodia, a deal which will give it an important military foothold in the region and access the strategically important Gulf of Thailand, has put it on a collision course with the United States and Australia.https://bit.ly/2TB2Qgi;
