Phnom Penh, 5 June 2026 — Samdech Maha Rathsapheathika Thipadei Khuon Sudary, President of the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia, on Friday morning received a courtesy call from H.E. PANG Chee Wee, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Singapore to the Kingdom of Cambodia, at the National Assembly Palace.
 
During the meeting, both sides reaffirmed the longstanding friendship and close cooperation between Cambodia and Singapore, built on mutual trust, respect, and understanding, while emphasizing continued collaboration in support of peace, multilateralism, and sustainable development.
 
Samdech Khuon Sudary warmly congratulated Ambassador PANG on his appointment and highly appreciated his active engagement in Cambodia, particularly his visits to provinces and local communities to better understand the livelihoods and aspirations of the Cambodian people.
 
Samdech noted that, as small states in Southeast Asia, Cambodia and Singapore face common strategic challenges in an increasingly uncertain global environment. In this regard, Samdech underscored the importance of a predictable, rules-based international order to safeguard long-term peace, stability, and development.
 
Reflecting on the longstanding ties between the two countries, Samdech recalled the visit of Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s founding Prime Minister, to Cambodia during the 1960s, noting that bilateral relations have continued to deepen through close engagement and strong people-to-people ties.
 
Samdech welcomed the expanding cooperation between Cambodia and Singapore in areas such as food and energy security, human capital development, digital transformation, climate resilience, urban management, and defense.
 
Highlighting Cambodia’s ongoing reform efforts, Samdech emphasized the importance of strengthening good governance, public administration, institutional resilience, and effective leadership to better respond to emerging global challenges.
 
Samdech reaffirmed Cambodia’s strong commitment to graduating from Least Developed Country (LDC) status by 2029 through investments in human capital, technology, and innovation, with the goal of becoming an upper-middle-income country by 2030 and a high-income country by 2050.
 
Samdech noted that Singapore’s education system is widely trusted for its high-quality curriculum and extracurricular development, which helps cultivate discipline, knowledge, virtue, and wellbeing among students. As a result, many Cambodian parents continue to choose Singapore as a destination for their children’s education.
 
Emphasizing the importance of investing in youth, Samdech encouraged expanded cooperation in education, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), technology, and artificial intelligence (AI) to help strengthen Cambodia’s human capital in line with the Royal Government’s long-term development priorities.
 
Samdech also expressed Cambodia’s strong interest in learning from Singapore’s experience in good governance, digital government, institutional management, and smart city development, particularly as Cambodia continues its reform efforts and pursues its goal of graduating from Least Developed Country (LDC) status by 2029.
 
For his part, Ambassador PANG Chee Wee reaffirmed Singapore’s goodwill and strong partnership with Cambodia and highlighted the growing cooperation between the two countries in areas such as skills development, governance, agriculture, and trade.
 
The Ambassador particularly emphasized opportunities to strengthen cooperation in tourism and eco-tourism, highlighting Singaporean interest in supporting conservation and sustainable tourism initiatives in Koh Kong Province, where environmental and wildlife protection projects have been undertaken for more than a decade.

He also underscored the importance of strengthening air connectivity between Cambodia and Singapore as a key factor in promoting tourism, business exchanges, and people-to-people ties.
 
In addition, Ambassador PANG noted Singapore’s increasing interest in importing Cambodian rice and agricultural products, while emphasizing continued cooperation in TVET and skills training to create better employment opportunities for Cambodian youth.
 
Both sides expressed confidence that Cambodia–Singapore relations would continue to deepen through closer cooperation in education, tourism, investment, and people-to-people exchanges, bringing mutual benefits to both countries and peoples.