Cambodian PM leaves for China for official visit

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December 13, 2010 (KATAKAMI) --- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday left here for Beijing, China to pay an official visit from Dec. 13 - 17 at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart, Wen Jiabao.

Hun Sen was seen off at the Phnom Penh International Airport by Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng, minister of interior, Deputy Prime Minister Sok An, minister of council of ministers and He Leping, charge d'affaires of Chinese Embassy, as well as other government officials.

He was accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong, minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation, Cham Prasidh, minister of commerce and other high-ranking officials.

The premier said on Sunday that his visit to China is aimed to strengthen friendly relations between the two countries in various fields and learn Chinese experience to help develop the country.

During his five-day visit, Hun Sen will pay courtesy calls on Chinese President Hu Jintao, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Wu Bangguo and will hold talk with Premier Wen Jiabao. He will also receive in a Royal Audience by former king Norodom Sihanouk, who is in Beijing for medical treatment, according to a press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

Moreover, apart from Beijing, Hun Sen will also visit other Chinese cities: Tianjin, Wuxi, Suzhou and Nanjing, and will sign more than dozen documents with China.   (*)

Source: Xinhua, People's Daily Online

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) is welcomed by Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni during her visit to Phnom Penh November 1, 2010. Clinton's visit to Cambodia is the first by a U.S. Secretary of State since 2003. (Getty Images / REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea )

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, meets with Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni at the Royal Palace on Monday, Nov. 1, 2010, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Clinton on Monday urged Cambodia to confront its tortured past by ensuring the Khmer Rouge are brought to justice for crimes against humanity in the 1970s and improve its current human rights record. (Getty Images / AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) listens to Youk Chhang, the director of the Documentation Center of Cambodia, as she stands in front of photos of victims during her visit to Khmer Rouge notorious security prison Tuol Sleng (S-21) in Phnom Penh November 1, 2010. From 1975-1979 an estimated 17,000 people were imprisoned, tortured and killed in S-21, once a high school turned into an interrogation centre, during the Khmer Rouge regime. Clinton's visit to Cambodia is the first by a U.S. Secretary of State since 2003. (Getty Images / REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea )

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, talks with a group in a center during a visit to a shelter for victims of sexual exploitation in Siem Reap province, about 230 kilometers, 142 miles, northwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010. Hillary is in northern Cambodia, about as far away as one can get from the intense political battle going on back home. (Getty Images / AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) listens to Van Sina, 25, a human trafficking victim, beside another victim, Somana, 20, at the Siem Reap AFESIP rehabilitation and vocational training center October 31, 2010. Clinton's visit to Cambodia is the first by a U.S. Secretary of State since 2003. (Getty Images / REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea )

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) visits the Angkor Wat in Siem Reap October 31, 2010. Clinton's visit to Cambodia is the first by a U.S. Secretary of State since 2003. (Getty Images / REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea )

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, rear center, poses for photo together with Cambodian children during her visit to a shelter for victims of sexual exploitation in Siem Reap, about 230 kilometers (140 miles) northwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010. Clinton was in the midst of a two-week, seven-nation tour of the Asia-Pacific. (Getty Images / AP Photo/Heng Sinith)