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HANOI, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam has attached importance and given top priority to consolidating and developing the traditional relations and all-sided cooperation with the neighboring Cambodia, said General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong during his meeting with the visiting Cambodian National Assembly (NA) President Heng Samrin here on Sunday.
Trong said the bilateral friendship was considered by the two sides as an invaluable treasure that should be well preserved and handed to future generations, for each country's prosperity, and for peace, national independence, democracy and social progress all over the world.
Trong spoke highly of achievements that the Cambodian people have recorded in their national construction and development, and expressed his delight at the developing Vietnam-Cambodia relations both in depth and width, and with practical results in all fields.
He also highly evaluated results of cooperation between the two countries' national assemblies, and said in the coming time the two legislative bodies should further expand cooperation and exchange experience in law making, supervision and decision, as well as effectively implement agreements signed between the two national assemblies and countries, contributing to further cementing the traditional relations and all-sided cooperation between Vietnam and Cambodia.
Cambodian NA President Heng Samrin sincerely thanked the Vietnamese party leader for his warm welcome, saying his visit is of significance in the context that the two countries are celebrating the 45th anniversary of their fully diplomatic ties.
He informed the Vietnamese party leader outcomes of talks between him and the Vietnamese NA delegation, confirming that Cambodia will continue to closely coordinate with Vietnam in implementing the agreements and declarations signed during high- ranking visits by the two sides' leaders.
The Cambodian people are deeply grateful for the great support and timely assistance that the Vietnamese people had given to the Cambodian people in their fight to defend and reconstruct their country, which will forever be engraved in the history of Cambodia, the Cambodian NA President confirmed.
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