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ASEAN Summit successes are also Cambodians’, says PM
Prime Minister Hun Manet said that the accomplishment of the ASEAN mission in Indonesia benefits all Cambodians, not just him. ... ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501357926/asean-summit-successes-are-also-cambodians-says-pm/
Productive outcome to bilateral talks
Cambodia and Vietnam yesterday agreed in principle to work together in a range of commercial activities following two-hour talks at Peace Palace between Prime Minister Hun Sen and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phu. ... ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37775/productive-outcome-to-bilateral-talks/
Vietnamese PM to visit Cambodia next week
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will pay an official visit to Cambodia from April 24 to 26, said a Cambodian foreign ministry statement on Thursday. ... ...
Xu Xin
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-04/20/c_136224166.htm
Ecuador, Cambodia Sign Antiquities Agreement
Government officials yesterday met with representatives from the Republic of Ecuador to discuss ways to improve economic and political ties between the two countries, Foreign Ministry Secretary of State Ouch Borith said. The two countries also signed a memorandum of understanding to protect Cambodian artifacts ...
ASEAN ministers vow to deepen tourism cooperation
Representatives of the ten ASEAN nations met on Sunday in Laos' capital of Vientiane to launch the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF), where they pledged to expand tourism cooperation and discussed creating a pan-ASEAN tourist visa. The ATF, which was first held in 1981, is designed to ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-01/20/c_132115298.htm
Asean Seeks To Downplay Row Over South China Sea
The president of the Philippines, a major Asean claimant to portions of the South China Sea, says the country wants the right to solve its problems on the world stage. But Asean leaders on Tuesday sought to downplay his remarks and said they did not ...
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/asean-seeks-to-downplay-row-over-south-china-sea/1549839.html
Bilateral Talks, and Their Two Interpretations
Two polarizing narratives emerged after the Monday night discussion between U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Hun Sen, with the U.S. claiming it had been "tense," while Cambodia insisted the talks were cordial. When it came to agenda, Mr. Obama put human rights, electoral and ...
Leaders of Japan, China to Attend Asean, East Asia Summits
The leaders of two of Cambodia's biggest donors, China and Japan, will attend the up coming Asean and East Asia summits in Phnom Penh next week, Prime Minister Hun Sen confirmed during a speech in Siem Reap province yesterday. "China Prime Minister [Wen Jiabao] will arrive ...
Gov't Says No Plans to Send Maids to Singapore
The governemnt yesterday denied a recent news report that discussions were under way to have Cambodian domestic workers sent to Singapore. ... An Bunhak, chairman of the Association of Cambodian Recruitment Agencies (ACRA), said he did not know of any immediate plans to send maids to ...
ASEAN forum to tackle migrant worker safety
One of the biggest challenges to protecting Cambodian migrant workers is the sheer distance between their homeland and the countries they are working in, Ministry of Labour officials said yesterday. A pattern has emerged in which brokers lure more and more Cambodians away from traditional border-country ...
Chinese Credit Cache
Prime Minister Hun Sen has returned home from his trip to China a wealthier leader having secured upwards of US$2.5 billion in Chinese investment and loans over the next year alone, officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. The package includes a $2 billion ...
Thailand’s Former Official Denies Secret Oil Talks
Thailand’s former Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban has denied Cambodia’s recent claim that he initiated secret bilateral talks over coveted oil reserves in disputed Gulf of Thailand waters, Thai news service MCOT reported Saturday. In a statement last week, the Cambodian National Petroleum Authority said ...
