Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen this morning reaffirmed Cambodia’s commitment to successfully host the 32nd SEA Games and 12th ASEAN Para Games in 2023.
“Cambodia has been waiting for 64 years before deciding to host the 2023 SEA Games and ASEAN Para Games. We have missed this opportunity many times to be fully prepared and mobilise the necessary resources to organise this large regional sporting event well and smoothly with a high sense of responsibility,” Samdech Techo Hun Sen said while presiding over at Sokha Phnom Penh Hotel the ASEAN Para Sports Federation and SEAGF Council Meeting.
As the host of the SEA Games and the ASEAN Para Games in 2023, he continued, Cambodia has the ambition to welcome national and international guests and sports delegates with warmth, good hospitality and good service so as to provide the best experience during the participation in the 2023 SEA Games and ASEAN Para Games in the Kingdom of Cambodia.
Samdech Techo Hun Sen underlined that 2022-2023 is an important year for Cambodia as the chair of ASEAN and the host of SEA Games and ASEAN Para Games.
As the rotating chair of the two regional institutions, he continued, Cambodia is highly committed to the principles of peaceful and equitable cooperation, contributing to the resolution of any potential regional challenges to ensure peace, harmonisation and all-round partnership aimed at accelerating the development for common destiny and prosperity.
“Sports sector plays an important role in international relations. The biennial SEA Games and the ASEAN Para Games reflect the close ties, solidarity and close cooperation between the Government and the people of all member countries. In addition, sports are also an opportunity to provide both technical and experience exchange in sports, which is the cultural heritage and martial arts of each nation,” he said.
This international competition is also to inspire the masses to love and support the sport and also to enhance the sports reputation of each member country to be more famous on the international stage, stressed Samdech Techo Prime Minister.
Cambodia marked the 300-day countdown of the SEA Games and ASEAN Para Games 2023 last Friday.
The 32nd SEA Games and 12th Para Games 2023 will be organised under the motto “Sport: Live in Peace”, and Cambodia will host those games from May 5 to 17, 2023 and from June 1 to 10, 2023 respectively. About 10,000 people, including 7,000 athletes, coaches and technical sport officers, are expected to join the event with about 40 kinds of sports to be held in five locations – Phnom Penh capital, and Siem Reap, Preah Sihanouk, Kampot and Kep provinces.
