Chinese Delegates Visit Environment Minister, Officials

A Chinese parliamentary delegation arrived in Phnom Penh yesterday to hold talks with various Cambodian officials including the environment minister, Chinese state media reported. The delegation from the National People’s Congress is headed by Huang Xianzhong, vice chairman of the Environment Protection and Resource Conservation Committee and a general in the People’s Liberation Army, the Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported yesterday. It said he planned to meet the Minister of Environment Mok Mareth and members of the National Assembly’s Commission on Planning, Investment, Agriculture, Rural Development, Environment and Water Resources. … A Cambodian official confirmed the visit, but declined to provide details on its purpose. …