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During the trip, PM Hun Sen had talks with PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc,
met with General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central
Committee and President Nguyen Phu Trong and National Assembly Chairwoman
Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.
He had a meeting with representatives of the Vietnam-Cambodia
Friendship Association and attended a business forum of the two countries. He
also laid a wreath at the Monument to War Heroes and Martyrs and paid tribute
to late Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh at his Mausoleum in Hanoi.
At the meetings, the two sides highlighted that Vietnam and Cambodia
boast friendly neighbourliness and traditional cooperation and stood side by
side in the struggles for national independence. This relationship is a
precious common asset of the two peoples, therefore it needs to be treasured
and developed unceasingly for the sake of future generations.
They agreed to hold activities in both countries to mark the
40th anniversary of the victory over the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime
(January 7, 1979) in order to educate young Vietnamese and Cambodians on
their countries’ traditions.
The leaders also agreed on major orientations for the promotion
of bilateral ties under the motto "sound neigbourliness, traditional
friendship, comprehensive cooperation and long-term sustainability”.
They were unanimous in further enhancing defence-security
cooperation to firmly safeguard each country’s peace, security and stability,
while persisting in the principle of not allowing hostile forces to use a
country’s territory to harm the other’s security, and coordinating closely to
fight crimes and ensure security along the whole shared borderline.
The two sides will step up collaboration in education, training,
capacity building, agro-forestry-fisheries, culture – arts, and
people-to-people exchanges. They will also effectively keep dealing with
outstanding problems, according to the leaders.
Vietnam and Cambodia will work towards the signing of two
documents to officially legalise the completion of 84 percent of the border
demarcation and border marker planting in 2019, thereby helping to build a
border of peace, friendship, cooperation and development.
The countries will also increase coordination to create
favourable conditions for Vietnamese-Cambodians’ livelihoods and ensure their
legal status.
Regarding regional and international matters, both sides shared
the view on the importance of maintaining peace, security and stability in
the region. In the immediate future, they will work closely together in 2020
when Vietnam will hold the ASEAN Chair and Cambodia will host the Asia-Europe
Meeting (ASEM) Summit.
On the occasion, PMs Hun Sen and Nguyen Xuan Phuc held a joint
press conference and witnessed the signing of five cooperation documents,
namely a government-level MoU on the Vietnam-Cambodia transport cooperation
strategy for 2018-2025 with a vision to 2030; MoUs on the completion of
negotiations on a border trade agreement and educational cooperation; the
minutes on the completion of 84 percent of the border demarcation and marker
planting work in the field and future plans for the work; and an agreement on
the implementation of a project using Vietnam’s non-refundable aid for
Cambodia to build various items in the community-based voluntary drug
detoxification centre project in Preah Sihanouk province.
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Source: NDO
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