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President Rodrigo Duterte arrived at the Phnom Penh International Airport to commence his visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia. Philippine Ambassador to Cambodia Christopher Montero led the Embassy officers and staff in welcoming the President and the rest of the country’s delegation. The Chief Executive is set to participate in the World Economic Forum (WEF) on ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) together with more than 700 leaders from business, government, civil society and media. […]
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen arrives in Manila at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2 to participate in the forthcoming 30th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit on April 29, 2017. The Cambodian leader last met with President Rodrigo Duterte on the Chief Executive’s visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia in December 2016. He was greeted by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi.
https://youtu.be/pDY9ZKNWp-Y (Agence France Presse) – Angelina Jolie unveiled her new film on the horrors of the Khmer Rouge era on Saturday at the ancient Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia, a country the star shares a deep affinity with through her adopted son Maddox. Cambodia’s king and survivors of the communist regime were among hundreds of people invited to the debut screening of “First They Killed My Father”, directed by Jolie and based on […]
(Eagle News) — Despite a religious retreat, King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia, took time out to receive Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh where he was given arrival honors. Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr., said that Wednesday, December 14, was a Buddhist holiday in Cambodia, but King Norodom Sihamoni still decided to meet President Duterte at the Royal Palace. “We had earlier a bilateral meeting with His Royal […]
(Eagle News) — Several bilateral agreements were signed between the Philippines and Cambodia as President Rodrigo Duterte met with Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen in Phnom Penh on Wednesday (December 14) at the Peace Palace The two leaders witnessed the signing of a series of memoranda of agreement on areas such as tourism, agriculture and cooperation on dealing with terrorism and drug trafficking, during President Duterte’s second day of his state visit in Cambodia. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, December 14 said that he might not be around until the end of his term because of his old age. “I am old … This is my last hurrah — after this, 77 — I am not sure if I will still be around by the end of my term,” the President said. “I realize now – I do not need it at this time of my […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte stressed the importance of harnessing the economic strengths of Southeast Asian Nations as an agenda that he would push with his state visits to Cambodia and Singapore. He would also raise cooperation in economic development and defense as important points in his state visits to the two countries. The President arrived in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh on Tuesday, December 13, particularly at the Phnom Penh […]
MANILA, Dec. 14 – President Rodrigo Duterte left Tuesday for a back-to-back state visits to Cambodia and Singapore aimed at strengthening relations with the Asian neighbors particularly on trade and security. “These State Visits will reaffirm our relations with our close neighbors in Southeast Asia and seek to further strengthen our engagement with our brothers in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEANs,” the President said in his departure speech at the Ninoy Aquino International […]
MANILA, Dec. 12 – President Rodrigo Duterte is set to undertake state visits to Cambodia and Singapore next week. This was confirmed by Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Charles Jose in a predeparture briefing in Malacañang. “President Rodrigo Duterte will undertake a state visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia on December 13 and 14, 2016 upon the invitation of His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni, and to Singapore on December 15 and 16, 2016 upon the invitation of His Excellency […]
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AFP) — Just days before America votes for its next president, Donald Trump has drawn yet another unlikely international endorsement with Cambodian strongman Hun Sen joining a colourful coterie of foreign leaders backing the real estate mogul to win. Hun Sen, an authoritarian premier who leans heavily on bombast and brash statements, said Thursday he “really wanted” Trump to clinch next week’s US presidential poll, extolling the billionaire Republican’s potential as a […]
(REUTERS) — Cambodia’s minister in charge of border issues, Va Kimhong, and his Vietnamese counterpart Le Hoai Trung, led delegations for talks aimed at resolving their outstanding border disputes on Monday (August 29) at the Council of Ministers building in Phnom Penh. Committees from the two countries are considering a draft agreement approved by their respective prime ministers. The agreement includes a request to in which they have agreed to ask France for help […]
