Tuesday, 5 August 2008

Kuwait promises Cambodia agricultural support

Cambodge Soir
05-08-2008

A delegation led by the Prime Minister of Kuwait, Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is on an official visit in Cambodia.

Kuwait and Cambodia have signed bilateral agreements concerning trade and economical cooperation, said the government spokesman, Khieu Kannaridh, on Monday 4th of August.

Kuwait will soon open an embassy in Phnom Penh and has offered Hun Sen to do the same in his country, has declared Khieu Kannaridh while the discussions between the delegates of both countries continued.

Direct flights between Kuwait and Cambodia could also start, even if some technical details have to be solved first. “The plane of Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is the first Kuwaiti aircraft to have landed in Cambodia”, has stated Hun Sen.

Important Kuwaiti investments might take place on the field of agriculture. Cambodia will be able to designate an area in which the total agricultural production will be destined for exports to Kuwait, modelled on an already existing agreement with Qatar.

“Cambodia has a good soil, a good climate and the Cambodian population takes things seriously. Kuwait has money”, declared Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, quoted by Khieu Kannaridh.

Kuwait could lend low interest funds to Cambodia, allowing it to modernise its agriculture and becoming “a great agricultural power”, added the Prime Minister of Kuwait.

Further investments might also take place on the field of energy, as Kuwait has the capacity to help Cambodia with developing its oil industry.

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