Xi Jinping Sends Congratulatory Message to President of the Cambodian People's Party Samdech Techo Hun Sen

On July 25, 2023, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to President of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) Samdech Techo Hun Sen on the CPP's victory in Cambodia's seventh general election.

Xi noted that it is good to see that under the correct leadership of the royal government of the country headed by CPP President Hun Sen, Cambodia has achieved political stability, economic development and improvement of people's livelihood, and its international and regional status has been continuously lifted. The Chinese side will, as always, support Cambodia in pursuing a development path suited to its national conditions. Xi expressed his belief that under the strong leadership of President Hun Sen, the CPP will make new and greater contributions to national prosperity and people's happiness as well as peace, stability, development and prosperity in the region.

Xi stressed that China and Cambodia are a community with a shared future. The CPC attaches great importance to the friendly cooperation with the CPP. Xi said he is ready to work with President Hun Sen to strengthen political guidance for bilateral relations, deepen exchanges and cooperation between the two parties and in other fields, and jointly build a high-quality, high-level and high-standard China-Cambodia community with a shared future in the new era, to bring more benefits to the two countries and two peoples.

On the same day, Premier Li Qiang of the State Council sent a congratulatory message to Hun Sen.