A high-level delegation led by Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet departed here this afternoon for China to take part in a series of Summits in Kunming, Yunnan province, from Nov. 6 to 7.
The delegation was seen off at Phnom Penh International Airport by deputy prime ministers, senior ministers and many other senior government officials, as well as Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia H.E. Wang Wenbin.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation’s press release, Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet will participate in the 8th Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) Summit under the theme “Toward a Better Community Through Innovation-driven Development, the 10th Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) Summit under the theme “Towards Seamless Connectivity for Mekong Sub-regional Integration”, and the 11th Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam (CLMV) Summit under the theme “Friendship and Solidarity for Resilient and Prosperous Community”.
The summits will review overall achievements and chart future directions to widen cooperation and further promote mutual trust as well as strengthen partnerships among member countries, contributing to socio-economic development and enhancing the well-being of peoples in the region, underlined the source, adding that they will also demonstrate the significance of sustained peace and long-term sustainable development and peaceful co-existence among member countries.
During his stay in Kunming, it continued, Samdech Thipadei is expected to have bilateral meetings with foreign leaders and business people.
Samdech Thipadei is accompanied by H.E. Deputy Prime Minister Sok Chenda Sophea, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, H.E. Chhieng Yanara, Senior Minister in charge of Special Missions, Second Vice-Chairman of the Council for the Development of Cambodia, and Minister in charge of Greater Mekong Subregion, as well as other ministers, along with key government officials and business leaders from the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce and the Cambodian Oknha Association.
