Chinese President Xi Jinping and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet affirmed cooperation during a meeting in Beijing on Friday, the official Xinhua News Agency said, with the new Cambodian leader making his first visit to China after taking office last month.
China and Cambodia are "ironclad friends," Xi said, adding Beijing firmly supports Phnom Penh in exploring a development path suited to its national conditions, as he met Hun Manet in the Great Hall of the People in the Chinese capital, Xinhua said.
Hun Manet said he chose China for his first official visit to show that the new Cambodian government will continue to firmly pursue a friendly policy toward Beijing, the news agency said.
Cambodia is willing to work with China to deepen cooperation through Beijing's signature Belt and Road infrastructure initiative, Hun Manet was quoted as saying.
The eldest son of former Cambodian leader Hun Sen became prime minister in late August in a de facto hereditary power transfer following his father's rule of 38 years.
