Public Security Minister visits Cambodia

On May 12^th, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen received a delegation from the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security led by senior Lieutenant-General To Lam, Politburo member and Minister of Public Security, who paid a working visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia from May 11^th-12^th.

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During the meeting, Prime Minister Hun Sen appreciated the visit by Minister To Lam and the Vietnamese delegation, which he said would promote the development of the traditional, friendly, comprehensive and cooperative relations between Cambodia and Vietnam.

He also thanked the Vietnamese Party, Government and people for their great assistance towards the national construction and development of Cambodia.

He congratulated Senior Lieutenant-General To Lam on being elected as a member of the Politburo by the 12^th National Party Congress and adopted to hold the position of Minister of Public Security by the National Assembly.

He expressed his wish that the police forces of the two countries would continue to increase cooperation to prevent crime, especially organizational crime, trans-national crime, drug crime, trafficking crime and trade fraud crime, contributing to protecting security and order, serving the national socio-economic development in each country.

Minister To Lam thanked the Cambodian Prime Minister for the warm reception.

Informing the Cambodian Prime Minister of the cooperation plans between the two Ministries of Public Security, Minister To Lam showed his happiness with the great achievements in terms of politics, economics, culture, society, security and defence that the Cambodian Government and people had reached.

He confirmed that on the basis of the cooperation agreement signed in 1997 and the cooperation plan in 2016 between the two Ministries of Public Security, the cooperative relations between the two ministries continued to be reinforced, which made important contributions to ensuring security and order in each country./.

( Compiled by VNF )