TheJakartaPost

Please Update your browser

Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.

Chinese foreign minister praises Cambodia for support

(Associated Press)

Phnom Penh

Fri, April 22, 2016 Published on Apr. 22, 2016 Published on 2016-04-22T16:40:44+07:00

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (second left) inspects honor guards with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (left), during an official welcoming ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Nov. 18, 2012. (AP/Vincent Thian)

China's top diplomat has paid a two-day official visit to Cambodia, one of its closest allies in Southeast Asia.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at a news conference Friday with his Cambodian counterpart Prak Sokhon said he was delighted that Cambodia often supported Beijing's positions on world affairs. China is at odds with several of Cambodia's fellow members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations who accuse Beijing of illegitimately extending territorial claims in the South China Sea.

The two ministers said Cambodia backs Beijing's call for a solution that does not involve interference from outside — an unstated reference to US naval support for some of the countries challenging Beijing's claims.

Cambodia, one of the region's least-developed countries, enjoys large amounts of aid and investment from China.