AKP Phnom Penh, April 17, 2025 --

President of the People's Republic of China, H.E. Xi Jinping, this morning reaffirmed his commitment to further promote friendship and share the future together with Cambodia, according to his message released this morning.

“I am very happy to visit Cambodia on the occasion of the Khmer New Year. For me, it feels like going to the home of a good friend. I wish to extend my warmest New Year greetings to our brothers and sisters in Cambodia. This is my second visit to your country in nine years. I sincerely hope this visit will spearhead progress in building a China-Cambodia community with a shared future,” H.E. Xi Jinping underlined in his public statement.

As a Chinese verse goes, “True friendship, like refined gold, withstands all tests of time,” H.E. Xi Jinping firmly believed that with the joint efforts, the China-Cambodia ironclad friendship, which has been tempered through trials of time and storms of adversity, will stay true to its original purpose.

The Chinese President said China will work with Cambodia to safeguard peace, pursue development and achieve shared prosperity, to make solid progress in building the China-Cambodia community with a shared future in the new era, and to bring greater stability and certainty to this turbulent world.

The community with a shared future is deeply rooted in the historic legacy of good-neighbourly relations. Thanks to the geographical proximity, friendly exchange spans two millennia of the shared history, he mentioned.

In the same statement, H.E. Xi Jinping also emphasised that the community with a shared future is powered by equality and mutual benefit between the two countries.
For many years, China has been Cambodia’s largest trading partner and largest source of investment, and our industrial and supply chain cooperation has continued to deepen.

H.E. Xi Jinping and his high-level delegation safely landed at the Phnom Penh International Airport this morning, at around 11:00 am, under the warm welcome by His Majesty the King, Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni, accompanied by Senate President Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen and many other Cambodian senior officials.  

By Heng Panha