International relations

Pan Sorasak, Minister of Commerce of Cambodia, attended the virtual Ministerial Meeting of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to examine and approve the Statement of LDCs for the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference to be held from Nov. 30 to Dec. 03, 2021 in Geneva, Switzerland. ...

The Kingdom of Cambodia and the Republic of Korea will sign a draft free trade agreement (FTA) next week, as the two countries witness their bilateral trade amount on the rise. ...

The World Food Program supported by the Government of Germany and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) allocated $1.32 million to be given to 11,000 families or about 55,000 people who were badly affected by floodwaters and the Covid outbreak in Banteay Meanchey ...

Cambodia’s exports to Vietnam nearly quadrupled to $3.7 billion in the first nine months of this year, according to statistics from the General Department of Vietnam Customs. ...

U.S.-ASEAN Business Council (U.S.-ABC) is interested to invest in Cambodia in the fields of energy, industry, health, technology, finance and import-export. ...

Cambodia is almost 100 percent ready to host the 13th Asia-Europe Summit (ASEM13) in late November this year. ...

The Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Anzac with a crew of 158 began a three-day visit to Preah Sihanouk province on October 18-20 to reinforce Australia’s commitment to assisting Cambodia with development, cooperation and bilateral military operations. ...

The governor of the National Bank of Cambodia has called on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to continue supporting ASEAN economies, especially as they recover from the Coronavirus pandemic. ...

The Russian Embassy on Friday gave humanitarian aid to the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital together with Russian BioBuilding Co and Cambodian companies eBiodis, Leisure Asia Corporation, SGU Import Export Co Ltd and Cambodia-Russian Trade House. ...

Practical and realistic steps must be taken to build constructive dialogue over the ongoing Myanmar coup standoff, Cambodian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn affirmed on October 15. ...

The US remained the biggest market for Cambodia’s export products in 2021 despite the Covid-19 pandemic. Cambodia’s eight-month exports to the US increased sharply although some products were made without the Generalised System of Preference (GSP), which means tariffs would have been paid. ...

The amount of financing available to support Cambodia’s development is expected to double to $23.4 billion by 2025, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). It said the available funds would account for nearly 70 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). ...

The European Union (EU) is committing to handover to the Royal Government through the Europe Investment Bank (EIB) a grant of more than $17 million for the country’s rural infrastructure development. ...

Cambodia has expressed continuing support for the Non-Aligned Movement, which the country has been part of since the 1950s. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen is set to lead the 13th Asia-Europe summit (ASEM13), which Cambodia will host via video conference due to the pandemic on November 25-26. ...

A senior Cambodian diplomat called on Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) countries to renew their commitments to multilateralism and to find solutions to common challenges that all nations can support as no single country can address these global issues alone. ...

China’s top political advisor Wang Yang met with Cambodia’s Senate President Samdech Say Chhum via video link. ...

Cambodia will further expand bilateral ties with Kazakhstan for the mutual benefit of the two countries as well as cooperation with the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building in Asia (CICA). ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) representative in Cambodia said that the country should not revert the progress made so far in Cambodia. ...

The Cambodian Minister of Agriculture expressed gratitude and requested the continued aid from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in a call with ADB’S Country Director for Cambodia. ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn and Japanese ambassador to Cambodia Masahiro Mikami signed an “exchange of notes” and other documents related to the provision of Japanese grant aid and loans worth approximately $72 million to implement six projects. ...

The Japanese government has decided to extend a loan and grant aid projects to the Kingdom totalling about $72 million to contribute to socio-economic development, including $1.8 million for the landmine action sector. ...

According to an official from the Australian government, they are looking forward to Cambodia’s appointment as chair of the ASEAN in 2022. ...

Thailand’s Tourism and Sports Minister  Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said his ministry plans to implement travel bubbles this year along borders such as Trat province and Cambodia’s Koh Kong province. ...