🇷🇺🇰🇭 President of Russia Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Manet held a meeting on the sidelines of the #RussiaASEAN Summit (Kazan, June 18, 2026)

💬 Vladimir Putin: Cambodia is our long-standing friend and partner. This May, we marked the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations.

As is well known, our country assisted Cambodia in building its statehood. With the assistance of the Soviet Union, a major hospital and a technological institute were built in Cambodia, while energy, agricultural, telecommunications, maritime and transport infrastructure facilities were put into operation. Many of these facilities continue to serve the Cambodian people to this day.

🤝 Today, Russia-Cambodia relations continue to develop steadily. Last year, bilateral trade increased by 2%. Of course, this is a modest figure and it does not reflect the potential we have. The governments of our countries are working to intensify trade and investment ties.

We are interested in expanding contacts between the business communities of our two countries. In November 2025, representatives of major Russian companies visited Cambodia, including AvtoVAZ, GAZ, KAMAZ, Miratorg and others.

A Cambodian delegation took part in the St Petersburg International Economic Forum held on June 3-6. We invite your companies to participate in the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on September 1-4 and in Russian Energy Week in Moscow this October.

Cooperation between our countries in culture and humanitarian affairs is also gaining momentum. In March, the Days of Russian Culture were successfully held in Phnom Penh.

🎓 We continue to assist Cambodia in personnel training. More than 8,000 citizens of your country have already received higher education in Russia. Currently, around 160 Cambodian students are studying here, and another 63 scholarships have been allocated for the current academic year.

We have long-standing relations, as I have already said. The scope of our cooperation is expanding, and we are very pleased about this today.

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