The governments of China and Cambodia will strengthen and expand cooperation on water resources for the benefit of the two countries and the people.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Wednesday by visiting Chinese Water Resources Minister Wang Shucheng and his Cambodian counterpart Lim Kean Hor, minister of Water Resources and Meteorology.

Under the MoU, the two sides agreed to strengthen and expand the existing China-Cambodia cooperation in the utilization, management and sustainable development of water resources and establish short, medium and long-term cooperative relationships on the basis of equality and mutual benefit.

Exchanging visits, information, experts and organizing technical training are also on the agenda of bilateral cooperation.

Lim Kean Hor thanked the Chinese government for its "sincere and consistent assistance" to Cambodia "either in defending sovereignty or in the years of development of country's economy."

He reaffirmed that the Cambodian government will stick to the one China policy and firmly support China's great cause of reunification.

While commending China's achievements in water resource management and the construction of hydropower projects, Lim Kean Hor welcomed more Chinese companies to invest in Cambodia's hydropower station.

For his part, Wang expressed his belief that the signing of the MoU will further promote the cooperation between China and Cambodia in the field of water resource and greatly benefit the people of both countries.

Wang and his delegation arrived here on Tuesday on a five-day visit to Cambodia.

Source: Xinhua