Zhao Leji Meets with Cambodian National Assembly President Kun Sodary
BEIJING,Sept. 23 (Xinhua) — Zhao Leji, chairman of theStanding Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) of China, met with Kun Sodary, president of the Cambodian National Assembly, at the Great Hall of thePeople in Beijing on Monday afternoon.
Zhao Leji said that China and Cambodia are good friends who share weal and woe and good partners who stand together throughthick and thin. Under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping and Cambodian leaders, the construction of the China-Cambodia community of shared future has entered a new era of high quality, high level, and high standards. China is willing to work with Cambodia toimplement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, continuously enrich the content of the Diamond Six-sided cooperation framework, promote the deepening and consolidation of the China-Cambodia community of shared future, and make new contributions toregional peace, stability, and prosperity.
Zhao Leji said that China always places Cambodia in a special and important position in its peripheral diplomacy and is willing to maintain high-level strategic communication with Cambodia and firmly support each other on issues involving each other’s core interests. China will accelerate the strategic alignment of development, implement thenew version of the Action Plan for Building the China-Cambodia Community of Shared Future, and comprehensively promote cooperation in six areas: politics, production capacity, agriculture, energy, security, and people-to-people exchanges. China will strengthen coordination and cooperation with Cambodia on multilateral platforms such as the United Nations, China-ASEAN,and the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation, practice true multilateralism, jointly build a peaceful, peaceful, prosperous, beautiful, and friendly home for China and ASEAN, and jointly maintain the hard-won peace and stability in the region.
Zhao Leji emphasized that the legislative bodies of China and Cambodia have close exchanges. Today,the two sides jointly signed a cooperation agreement between the NPC of China and the Cambodian National Assembly, which will elevate bilateral cooperation to a new height. The NPC of China is willing to work with the Cambodian legislative body to play the role of counterpart exchange mechanisms, comprehensively promote cooperation between specialized committees, bilateral friendship groups, NPC deputies andparliamentarians, and local legislative bodies, strengthen exchanges of experience in legislation, supervision, and other work, and provide legal guarantees for practical cooperation between the two countries. China will closely coordinate and cooperate in multilateral parliamentary organizations to jointly safeguard the interests of developing countries.
Zhao Leji introduced the relevant situation of the People’sCongress system. He said that both China and Cambodia have chosen democratic political systems that suit their respective national conditions. The legislative bodies of the two countries can strengthen exchanges and mutual learning in areas such as democratic development and the improvement of the rule of law.
Kun Sodary said that the peoples of Cambodia and China have a brotherlyironclad friendship. Cambodia firmly adheres to the one-China principle and actively supports China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the three global initiatives. The Cambodian National Assembly is willing to strengthen friendly exchanges with the NPC of China, make positive contributions to promoting the development of bilateral relations, promoting practical cooperation in various fields such aseconomy, trade, and people-to-people exchanges, and consolidating traditional friendship.
After the meeting, Zhao Leji and Kun Sodary jointly signed a cooperation agreement between the NPC of China and the Cambodian National Assembly.
Shekerei Zaker attended the above activities.
[Editor: Hu Hanxiao]
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