China's Top Legislator Meets Cambodia's Senate Leader

China's Top Legislator Meets Cambodia's Senate Leader

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China's top legislator Li Peng met Cambodian Senate President Chea Sim in Phnom Penh Saturday and the two sides agreed to increase contacts and expand cooperation between China's National People's Congress (NPC) and the Cambodian parliament.

During the meeting, Li Peng, who is Chairman of the Standing Committee of the NPC, said that It is China's set policy to develop closer and stable relations with Cambodia.

Exchange of visits by Chinese and Cambodian parliament leaders and other officials is an important part of bilateral relations, said Li, who arrived here Friday for a four-day official goodwill visit.

He commended the "One-China" policy adopted by Cambodia's parliament and government.

Chea said that Li's current visit would further promote the existing friendship and cooperation between the two parliaments as well as the two countries.

The Cambodian people had suffered from the war for decades, he said, but, fortunately, under the leadership of King Norodom Sihanouk, the Cambodian parliament, together with the government, are consolidating peace, achieving national reconciliation, and stepping up economic development.

He said that the Cambodian senate will continue the "One-China" policy and enhance relations with the NPC.

Cambodia is the first leg of Li's three-nation tour, which will also take him to Brunei and South Korea.