Hun Manet Arrives in Baku for Official Visit to Azerbaijan Ahead of CICA Summit
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet arrived in Baku on October 11 to begin an official visit to Azerbaijan. AzerNews reported that Hun Manet and his wife, Pich Chanmony, were welcomed at Heydar Aliyev International Airport by a guard of honour, Deputy Prime Minister Samir Sharifov, Deputy Foreign Minister Elnur Mammadov and other officials, with the flags of both countries flying.
Under the itinerary, Hun Manet will attend the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit on October 15, travel to Türkiye on October 16, and conclude the tour in Kazakhstan on October 17 — a rare Caucasus and Central Asia swing for a Cambodian premier.
Hun Manet conveyed greetings from King Norodom Sihamoni and from Senate President Hun Sen to President Ilham Aliyev. Cambodia and Azerbaijan established relations more than three decades ago, but trade remains modest, and the visit aims to convert political ties into concrete trade and investment cooperation.
Partner diversification beyond ASEAN has been a theme of Cambodia's recent diplomacy, with energy, halal food certification and textile inputs among the topics Phnom Penh sees as potential new areas of cooperation with Baku.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
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