AKP Phnom Penh, October 28, 2025 --

Cambodia and the Russian Federation have reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthen and expand bilateral cooperation across multiple sectors.

The reaffirmation was made this morning during a meeting between Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, and H.E. Alexei Overchuk, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

H.E. Alexei Overchuk underlined that Cambodia is a long-standing friend of Russia, and the two countries have maintained traditional relations for decades. He also reaffirmed Russia’s intention to further strengthen and broaden bilateral cooperation, particularly in priority areas such as trade, economy, raw materials for textiles, vaccine production, agriculture, energy security, transport, and logistics.

In response, Samdech Thipadei agreed with the Deputy Prime Minister’s remarks on the long-standing friendship and traditional relations between Cambodia and Russia. He underlined that 2026 will mark the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries and affirmed Cambodia’s readiness to continue working with Russia to further enhance friendship and cooperation.

The Premier also expressed sincere appreciation to Russia for its past support and assistance to Cambodia.

Samdech Thipadei welcomed Russia’s intention to expand cooperation in the above-mentioned areas and encouraged the Russian side to dispatch a delegation of experts from relevant sectors to visit Cambodia to discuss and establish direct cooperation with Cambodian ministries, institutions, and the private sector to achieve concrete outcomes.

By Heng Panha