Arya News - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shared proposals to deepen cooperation in infrastructure, agriculture and industrial development.
PHNOM PENH – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called for China and Cambodia to sustain the current tough crackdown on online fraud operation to prevent the crimes from resurging. He met with Cambodian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn in Beijing on November 4, according to Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun.
Wang also shared proposals to deepen cooperation in infrastructure, agriculture and industrial development.
Sokhonn was in the Chinese capital for the 11th Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.
“Both countries should sustain a tough crackdown on telecom and online fraud and ensure such crimes never stage a comeback,” Wang was quoted as saying.
His comments placed cooperation against fraud among the priorities outlined by Wang for the bilateral relationship, together with stronger strategic communication and the development of two economic corridors.
Wang said the countries should advance the Industrial Development Corridor and the Fish and Rice Corridor, while deepening practical cooperation in infrastructure, agriculture and other sectors.
He also called for preparations for the next stage of high-level exchanges and closer communication to safeguard what he described as their shared strategic interests.
The economic proposals accompanied an assurance of continued Chinese support for Cambodia’s development choices and efforts to address external challenges.
Describing China as Cambodia’s “most reliable strategic anchor”, Wang said Beijing would continue to firmly support the Kingdom in pursuing a development path suited to its national conditions.
He said China was prepared to strengthen strategic communication with Cambodia, jointly respond to external challenges and support both countries’ modernisation efforts.
On regional cooperation, Wang noted that the LMC mechanism had a solid foundation and promising prospects, and could contribute to Cambodia’s development, revitalisation and improvements in people’s livelihoods.