Russia to Facilitate Flow of Agricultural Goods and Increase Scholarship

During the reception and bilateral meeting with HE Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of Russia Federation, Samdech Techo Hun Sen recalled assistance rendered by former Soviet Union in all fields, after Cambodia’s liberation from the Pol Pot’s genocidal regime, especially in the education sector, in which many Cambodian officials had received scholarships for their studies.Samdech Techo requested to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to urge more Russian investments to Cambodia, to facilitate flow of agricultiral goods into the Russian Federation and to provide more scholarships to Cambodian students. HE Dmitry Medvedev responded positively to the requests and assure that measures will be taken to allow access to Russian markets of agricultural products as well as to increase further scholarships to Cambodian students. Samdech Techo Hun Sen and HE Dmitry Medvedev agreed to create a working group to resolve debt, while witnessing the signing ceremony of six Memorandums, which cover from exchange of information, money laundering and financing terrorist to the terms of reference of the Cambodian-Russian working group on joined priority investment projects.