Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn told ASEAN foreign ministers on Wednesday that all countries need to have unhindered and timely access to quality, safe, and affordable medicines and vaccines as global common goods. Cambodian Foreign Minister tries to defend China while saying playing the “blame game” that will only diminish global efforts against the COVID-19 pandemic and called for international solidarity.
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Cambodia’s government permanent mission to the UN in Geneva reminded the country’s special rapporteur on human rights to carry out the role with independence and impartiality.
China will open a consulate in Sihanoukville while Cambodia will open a consulate in Jinan of Shandong in China, according to a joint statement following the 5th Meeting of Cambodia-China Inter-governmental Coordination Committee.
The disappearance of a Thai dissident living in self-exile in Cambodia after his reported violent abduction in broad daylight in Phnom Penh has sparked outrage in Thailand along with a wave of criticism against the government.
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With the deadline of the European Union’s (EU) Everything But Arms (EBA) preferential trade scheme withdrawal approaching in August, the EU recently pledged to support Cambodia’s economic recovery and job creation hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. The EU’s Team Europe is mobilising $483 million in grants and loans for Cambodia in tackling the pandemic’s socio-economic impact. The Minister of Commerce has called on Adidas and H&M, the biggest global apparel and textile product buyers to continue ordering garment product from Cambodia.
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Sweden has announced a shift of focus of their aid in Cambodia. According to a press statement by the Swedish Foreign Ministry and the Swedish Embassy in Phnom Penh on 12 June 2020, the plan is to ‘out phase’ the funding of bilateral Development to instead focus on promoting human rights, democracy and rule of law.https://bit.ly/2ASZfoY;
