Chinese President Xi Jinping has said that as important forces of the Global South, China and Cambodia must keep to their shared values of peace, solidarity and cooperation, oppose all acts of unilateralism and bullying, and practice true multilateralism.
Xi's remarks came during a meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh in Cambodia on Thursday.
The two sides must firmly resist bloc rivalry and camp-based confrontation, strengthen coordination and cooperation within frameworks such as ASEAN and Lancang-Mekong Cooperation, jointly safeguard the hard-won peace and development in the region, and contribute to a community with a shared future for mankind, Xi said.
During the meeting, the two leaders agreed on jointly building an all-weather China-Cambodia community with a shared future in the new era, and announced designating 2025 as the China-Cambodia Tourism Year.
President Xi said that the ironclad friendship between China and Cambodia is built upon a shared historic legacy, a solid political foundation, and a powerful momentum from within.
No matter how the international landscape evolved, the two countries have always led the way in building a community with a shared future for mankind, he said.
"As transformation unseen in a century accelerates around the world, further advancing the China-Cambodia community with a shared future is fully in line with the fundamental interests of the two peoples."
President Xi further said that China will, as always, support Cambodia in advancing along a development path suited to its national conditions, support the Cambodian government in achieving successes in governance, and support Cambodia in playing a more important role in regional and international affairs. Building the all-weather China-Cambodia community with a shared future in the new era marks a new starting point in the bilateral relationship.
The two sides should ride the momentum, further implement the updated action plan on building the China-Cambodia community with a shared future, strengthen solidarity and cooperation, and accelerate the implementation of the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative.
China is ready to share opportunities and seek common development with Cambodia. Both sides should vigorously advance high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, and continually enrich the “Diamond Hexagon” cooperation framework to inject new impetus into their respective modernization efforts.
Xi added that China encourages more Chinese enterprises to invest in Cambodia.
It will keep the mega-size China market open to Cambodia, and import more premium agricultural products from the country.
He mentioned that China would continue providing government scholarships to Cambodia, support the establishment of a China-Cambodia youth dialogue and exchange mechanism, and encourage more exchanges among local governments, media organizations and think tanks, so that the two peoples will move ever closer to each other. The two sides should take stronger and more effective measures to resolutely crack down on online gambling and telecom fraud, and safeguard public security and normal interactions among regional countries.
Secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party Cai Qi and Chinese Ministers Wang Yi and Wang Xiaohong were also present.