International relations

Cambodia is set to have its first modern, world-class logistics complex as the International Finance Corporation (IFC) recently signed a new collaboration agreement with two of the region’s leading logistics companies. The financial institution feels the new partnership will deliver a major boost to infrastructure, ...

China’s Ambassador to Cambodia has categorically stated that military cooperation between his country and Cambodia is not for the purpose of confrontation with any country. The remarks were made by Ambassador Wang Wentian on Wednesday, at a media briefing at the embassy to introduce the ...

Deputy Prime Minister Prak Sokhonn, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Cherdkiat Atthakor, Ambassador of Thailand to Cambodia, expressed strong optimism in the direction of the relations between Cambodia and Thailand. ...

German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier reiterated German preparedness to help Cambodia combat climate change and embrace renewable energy. The largest European economy will continue to support mine clearance operations in Cambodia and conservation of Cambodia’s ancient temples. ...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s visit to Cambodia could give renewed impetus towards the consolidation of bilateral relations between the two countries as well as to the two-way goods trade, which was valued at nearly $1.25 billion in 2022, expanding by almost one-fifth on a yearly ...

China has vowed to help Cambodia crack down on human trafficking, combat drug-related crimes, telecom fraud and illegal cross-border gambling in order to  promote the strengthening of bilateral ties. ...

The Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) of the United Kingdom (UK) will come into effect in April and Cambodia is among the 65 beneficiaries of it. The scheme will replace the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP). ...

German delegation led by Michael Keller, Secretary of State of the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action yesterday called on Sok Chenda Sophea, Minister attached to Prime Minister and Secretary General of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC)—the highest decision making ...

Launching direct flights linking Cambodia and Laos was top of the agenda during a two-day official visit by Prime Minister Hun Sen to the neighboring nation . ...

German investors are satisfied with Cambodia’s investment environment which to them is very open and favourable. The satisfaction was underlined by a German business delegation led by Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of the Federal Republic of Germany during a meeting here at the Peace Palace on ...

Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia and visiting Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of the Federal Republic of Germany discussed the bilateral cooperation in various domains during their official talks at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh yesterday morning. ...

Cambodia will set up private commercial centres in five locations in China this year, which will play an important role in promoting the country’s products and attracting China’s investment in Cambodia. ...

The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia on February 14 organised a meeting with Vietnamese businesses operating in Cambodia to discuss measures to help the businesses tackle obstacles to their investment and business. ...

Thailand’s Commerce Ministry is scheduled to organise about 450 activities to stimulate exports this year, focusing mainly on four potential markets namely the Middle East, South Asia, China, and the CLMV (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam), a senior official has said. ...

The Royal Government of Cambodia expressed its support to Lao PDR’s chairmanship of ASEAN next year, according to a press release from the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued this afternoon at the end of the two-day official visit of Cambodian Prime ...

Both countries discussed new opportunities and exchanged technical views on financing models for infrastructure development. The discussion centred on the planning and financing the Mass Rapid Transit system for Phnom Penh. ...

The second China-Cambodia cultural exchange forum was held in Beijing on Monday, fulfilling the joint vow of carrying forward the “ironclad friendship” and building high-quality, high-level and high-standard ties between the two countries, following Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s visit to China. ...

China has pledged to provide Yuan 300m ($US 44m) to Cambodia to support the project to upgrade the Phnom Penh – Poipet railway to a 160km/h standard-gauge electrified line. ...

Taking the baton for the third time as the ASEAN chair in 2022, Cambodia’s diplomatic tenacity was tested by the war in Ukraine, Myanmar’s political upheaval, cross-Strait tensions, COVID-19 and US–China competition. Despite this precarity, Cambodia steered ASEAN through geopolitically choppy waters. The outlook for 2023 ...

The Cambodian Red Cross has donated $100,000 to Turkiye, after an earthquake on February 6, in order to promote cooperation, solidarity and a culture of mutual assistance. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Lao counterpart Sonexay Siphandone are set to sign a 2023-2027 action plan for a comprehensive and long-term strategic partnership between the two countries during the former’s February 13-14 visit. ...

Leaders of the Border Guard High Command under the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence and the Cambodian Ministry of Interior’s General Department of Immigration held talks in Ho Chi Minh City on February 12, discussing measures to enhance coordination in border protection and management. ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on February 13 started an official visit to neighbouring Laos. Sry Thamarong, minister attached to the prime minister, said that PM Hun Sen held bilateral talks with his Lao counterpart Sonexay Siphandone to discuss ways to further enhance bilateral ties ...

The newly-signed Action Plan on Trade and Economic Cooperation 2023-2024 is expected to promote the utilisation of the preferential arrangements that are granted by free trade agreements (FTA) and similar regional treaties, to boost trade and investment between Cambodia and China. ...