By NNN-KUNA,
Phnom Pehn : Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah has held discussions with his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen on ways to bolster bilateral relations mainly in the fields of oil, gas, investment and the establishment of joint cultural exhibitions.
The meeting at the Foreign Ministry headquarters here Monday also discussed how the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) could aid Cambodia in various long-term development-related projects, with an invitation offered to Kuwaiti investors in the Cambodian mining industry.
An agreement for economic and technical cooperation was signed by the two countries; Minister of Finance Mustafa Jasim Al-Shamali for Kuwait and Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Hor Namhong on behalf of Cambodia.
Another two agreements were signed for the exchange of investments and trade by the Kuwaiti Finance Minister and the Cambodian Minister of Trade Cham Prasit.
The two countries also signed a memorandum of understanding to hold bilateral negotiations between both foreign ministries, on the Kuwaiti side by Foreign Undersecretary Khaled Sulaiman Al-Jarallah and on the Cambodian side by Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Long Visalo.
Another memorandum of understanding was signed in the field of civil aviation, on the Kuwaiti side by Director of Civil Aviation Fawaz Abdulaziz Al-Faraj and Cambodia by Secretary of State for Civil Aviation Mao HasVannal.
Later, the Prime Minister visited the Monument of the Unkown Soldier where he laid a wreath.