The Ambassador of Kazakhstan Presented the Credentials to the Acting Head of Cambodia, DKnews.kz reports
Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kanat Tumysh presented credentials to the acting Head of the Kingdom of Cambodia, Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament Samdech Hun Sen.
At the beginning of the meeting, Hun Sen warmly welcomed and congratulated Kanat Tumysh on his appointment as Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Kingdom of Cambodia.
He highly appreciated the development of diplomatic relations over the past 30 years based on trust, support and mutual benefit. He expressed gratitude to Kazakhstan as a good friend and reliable partner of Cambodia during the period of the former Soviet Union and the present time. He noted the importance of mutual support on the platforms of such international organizations as the United Nations (UN), the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), etc.
During the meeting, some topical issues of bilateral cooperation between the two countries and multilateral cooperation, which have importance for Kazakhstan, were discussed. Among other things, the key aspects of the President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s State of the Nation Address “Just Kazakhstan: Law and Order, Economic Growth, Social Optimism” dated September 2, 2024, a national referendum on the construction of a nuclear power plant, as well as further intensification of bilateral trade, economic, cultural and logistical cooperation were discussed.
Hun Sen, in particular, noted: “I am impressed by President Tokayev’s Address and the scale of the reforms carried out under his leadership in your country. The construction and commissioning of nuclear power plants will be an impetus for economic growth and an important contribution to ensuring greater stability of the country’s energy system, the key to obtaining clean, cheap and safe electricity”. He also welcomed the scheduled opening of direct flights between Kazakhstan and Cambodia on the Almaty-Sihanoukville route (twice a week by SCAT airline) at the end of October.
The Kazakh diplomat also reported on the ongoing work within the framework of the chairmanship of Kazakhstan in the Organization of Turkic States (OTS), making a proposal to intensify cooperation between the countries of this association with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The parties agreed that for these purposes it is critically important to use and increase the transit, transport and multimodal logistics potential of the Middle Corridor.
In turn, the acting Head of Cambodia noted that promising areas for the development of bilateral cooperation are agriculture, energy, construction and education.
The meeting was held in a warm, friendly atmosphere aimed at raising bilateral relations to a qualitatively new level in the coming years.
