Cambodia and China Continue to Cultivate Bilateral Relations and Cooperation, with Youth at the Core.

Cambodia and China Continue to Cultivate Bilateral Relations and Cooperation, with Youth at the Core.

On the afternoon of 15 July, 2025, Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei HUN Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, received a courtesy call from His Excellency Chen Zhou, Vice Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee at the Peace Palace.

During the meeting, H.E. Chen Zhou expressed his profound gratitude to Samdech Thipadei for taking the time to receive him and his delegation. He conveyed warm greetings from His Excellency Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, and His Excellency Li Qiang, Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, to Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, President of the Senate, and to Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei HUN Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia. H.E. Chen Zhou emphasised that the state visit of President Xi Jinping to the Kingdom of Cambodia in April 2025 stands as a strong testament to the growing and positive development of Cambodia-China relations. He further added that in the context of global uncertainty, and amid increasing geopolitical and economic tensions, it is ever more important for Cambodia and China to further strengthen and expand the cooperation of both countries at all levels and across all sectors. He particularly highlighted the need to continue nurturing bilateral ties at the government-to-government and party-to-party levels, and the continued training of the next generation of youth, the successors in both countries, to enhance their capabilities and prepare them to be the future leaders of both countries.

In response, Samdech Borvor Thipadei expressed his warm welcome and pleasure in meeting H.E. Vice Minister Chen Zhou and his delegation during their visit to Cambodia. He highly valued the progress in relations between the two countries at all levels, noting the achievement of the ‘All-weather Cambodia-China Community with a Shared Future in the New Era’, which has been implemented comprehensively across all levels, including government bodies, ministries, institutions, as well as at the capital and provincial levels. The Prime Minister further emphasised that the strong bilateral ties are inseparable from the deep-rooted relationship between the two ruling parties, with youth engagement serving as a fundamental pillar. He encouraged the youth of both countries to continue strengthening and expanding closer ties and cooperation in order to contribute to deepening the growing bilateral relations.

SP-STPM: Unofficial Translation