Source: FN
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen landed Phnom Penh safe at 9:15 a.m in the morning of Saturday after the Aid-for-Trade Global Review 2019, held from 3-5 July 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Aid-for-Trade Global Review 2019, under the theme “Supporting Economic Diversification and Empowerment for Inclusive, Sustainable Development through Aid for Trade” aims at examining how Aid for Trade can effectively support economic diversification and empowerment.
Given Cambodia’s impressive achievements on economic diversification and the success of poverty eradication over the past decades, Prime Minister was invited to deliver keynote remarks at the opening session during which he will highlight Cambodia’s experience, efforts and strategies to overcome challenges and bring about remarkable economic growth to Cambodia. He also announced the official launching of Cambodia’s Trade Integration Strategy 2019-2023 and also speak at the Social Program organized by the WTO.
On the sidelines of this Global Review 2019, Prime Minister delivered a speech at the 41st Universal Periodic Review on Human Rights to express Cambodia’s strong commitment to upholding human rights and democracy in Cambodia.
During his stay in Geneva, Prime Minister held separate meetings with H.E. Ville Skinnari, Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade of Finland; Ratnakar Adhikari, Executive Director of the Enhanced Integrated Framework of the WTO; and Mrs. Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and other foreign leaders.
Prime Minister also received courtesy calls by representatives of some European companies and took the opportunity to meet with members of the Cambodian community living in Switzerland and some other European countries.