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Vietnamese President To Lam held a meeting with President of the Cambodian National Assembly (NA) Khuon Sudary on July 13 as part of his two-day State visit to the neighbouring nation.

At the meeting, NA President Sudary highlighted President To Lam's state visit as a new milestone in contributing to promoting and deepening relations between the two countries.
The host leader expressed his gratitude for the whole-hearted support that the Party, State, and people of Vietnam have given to Cambodia in their previous struggle for national independence, including joining efforts with the Cambodian army and people to overthrow the previous genocidal regime of Pol Pot, as well as in the current national construction and development process.

He told President To Lam that the new Cambodian NA building donated by Vietnam is expected to be inaugurated and will soon be put into operation.

The Vietnamese State leader conveyed the greetings of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and senior Party and State leaders of Vietnam to NA President Sudary and expressed his positive impression at the strong and dynamic development seen in Cambodia under the wise reign of King Norodom Sihamoni, the skillful leadership of the Senate, NA, and Royal Government, with the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) serving as the core.

As part of this occasion, President To Lam congratulated Cambodia on successfully organising elections for the Senate and at municipal, provincial, and district levels which serves to demonstrate the people's trust and support for the role of the CPP under the leadership of President Hun Sen.

Both sides showed their elation at seeing bilateral co-operation between the two countries enjoy stable development momentum over recent times, while both nations’ leaders have maintained regular contact. Indeed bilateral co-operation mechanisms continued to be effective, coupled with growing cohesion and attachment between the two countries.

They hailed collaboration between the two legislatures in implementing the Cooperation Agreement signed in November, 2022, as well as in co-ordinating with the Laos NA to successfully organise the first parliamentary summit of the three countries in December, 2023. This created a foundation for the three countries' parliamentary ties to develop strongly, thereby further tightening the traditional friendship and solidarity that exists among the three nations.

Host and guest underlined the need to continue to maintain, preserve, and constantly strengthen the good neighbourliness, traditional friendship, as well as the comprehensive and long-term sustainable co-operation between the two sides on the basis of mutual trust and respect for the benefit of the two peoples.

The two sides agreed to continue maintaining regular high-level and all-level contacts, as well as exchanges via all channels, including parliamentary one.
         
They will continue to co-ordinate efforts to build borders of peace, friendship, co-operation, and sustainable development, while simultaneously enhancing the role of the two legislatures in fostering bilateral ties. There will be a specific focus on building institutions and fine-tuning the legal system to strengthen connection between the two economies, further expand education-training co-operation, and facilitate increasing the effectiveness of collaboration across multiple fields.

The joint efforts include continuing to tighten relations between of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam; and closely co-ordinating and supporting each other at parliamentary and international forums such as the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly(AIPA), the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), and the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF).

The Vietnamese President thanked and asked the Cambodian side to continue paying attention to and solving difficulties faced by people of Vietnamese origin in Cambodia, including naturalisation, thus helping them to stabilise their lives, integrating and doing investments in the host nation to serve as a bridge for a stronger friendship.

The same day, President To Lam and his delegation laid wreaths at the Independence Monument, the monument of the late King Norodom Sihanouk and the Vietnam - Cambodia Friendship Monument in Phnom Penh.