During the meeting, Mr. President expressed his pleasure and admiration for Cambodia’s rapid development across all sectors, with remarkable progress in rice, logistics, and other infrastructure sectors. He also conveyed his optimistic confidence in Cambodia’s potential and extended his congratulations for Cambodian rice winning the World’s Best Rice Award at a conference held in Manila, Philippines, in November 2024. Mr. President further affirmed his support for Cambodia’s hosting the World Rice Conference in 2025. Additionally, he expressed his pleasure in having collaborated with Cambodia in promoting the rice sector.

In response, Samdech Borvor Thipadei expressed his gratitude to Mr. President for supporting Cambodia’s hosting of the World Rice Conference 2025 and emphasized that rice remains a long-term strategic crop for Cambodia, even as the country progresses toward embracing industrial and manufacturing sectors. Samdech also highlighted the government’s key policies aimed at boosting Cambodia’s rice production to enhance competitiveness, as well as developing infrastructure and logistics to facilitate transportation and reduce costs.

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During the meeting, Neak OukNha Hun Lak, President of the Policy Advisory Council of the Cambodia Rice Federation, respectfully reported to Samdech Borvor Thipadei on the federation’s progress and activities in promoting Cambodian rice exports to international markets. Neak OukNha also emphasized the federation’s efforts to improving the quality of Cambodian rice, including purchasing rice from farmers, organizing drying processes, managing storage, and exporting rice to international markets.

Samdech Borvor Thipadei highly commended the Cambodia Rice Federation for its collaboration with the Royal Government in developing the rice sector. He highlighted the critical role of agriculture in promoting the livelihoods of the people and driving Cambodia’s socio-economic development. Samdech Borvor Thipadei stressed the Royal Government’s commitment to prioritizing rice as a long-term strategic crop for Cambodia. He underscored the importance of implementing necessary policies to support rice cultivation and ensure the competitiveness of Cambodia’s rice sector. This includes building infrastructure to streamline transportation and reduce production costs, promoting domestic supply chain ownership, and expanding exports to international markets.

On that occasion, Samdech Borvor Thipadei encouraged the Cambodia Rice Federation to further strengthen its collaboration with relevant governmental ministries and institutions to boost direct exports to international markets with higher added value. He also urged the federation to provide technical training to farmers to improve product quality and productivity, as well as to widely disseminate information on the progress and development of Cambodia’s rice production.

The Deputy Prime Minister thanked Coca Cola for trust in the Royal Government of Cambodia through investment in a huge factory and for corporate social responsibility activities. He also briefed Mr. Goltzman on the progress of socio-economicdevelopment in Cambodia as well as the Government’s effort in improving investment climate to attract more investments.

Mr. Goltzman thanked the Deputy Prime Minister for sharing information on trade and investment opportunities in theKingdom of Cambodia and commended the Kingdom for its rapid socio-economic development.

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The Deputy Prime Minister expressed his high appreciation to Uganda for its successful chairmanship of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and for promoting the interests of member states from developing countries. Both sides discussed efforts to further promote friendly relations and bilateral cooperation.

They also agreed to strengthen cooperation and extend mutual support in the regional and international fora.

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This marks the first time that the G20 has invited all UN Member States to attend this meeting, underscoring the importance of inclusiveness and multilateralism. Upon assuming the Presidency of the G20, Brazil outlined its priorities: (1) The fight against hunger, poverty and inequality (2) Sustainable development across economic, social, and environmental dimensions, and (3) the reform of global Governance.

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On the occasion, His Excellency Deputy Prime and His Excellency Zheenbek Kulubaev signed the Memorandum of Understanding on the Establishment of Bilateral Consultations between the two foreign ministries and agreed to convene the first meeting at an early date.

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His Excellency Deputy Prime Minister highlighted 5 key points: (1) the fragile state of international peace and security; (2) the need for financing in sustainable development; (3) the solutions and risks presented by the advancement of science, digital technologies and innovation to human development; (4) the need to engage youth in development; and (5) the importance of transforming global governance in maintaining peace, stability and achieving sustainable development goals.