Australia has praised noticeably fast progress and development of Cambodia in all domains, especially transport infrastructure sector.
The remark was made by H.E. Justin Kevin Whyatt, newly appointed Ambassador of Australia to Cambodia, while paying a courtesy call on H.E. Sun Chanthol, Senior Minister and Minister of Public Works and Transport, at the ministry office yesterday.
H.E. Justin Kevin Whyatt voiced his pleasure of returning to work in Cambodia again after more than two decades, and expressed his strong willingness during his diplomatic mission in the country to strengthen and expand bilateral cooperation between both countries effectively, as well as promote and reinforce bilateral relations between Australian private investors in Cambodia on cooperation in the fields of transport infrastructure and logistics.
The Australian ambassador also revealed his interest in Temperature Controlled Logistics (TCL) which ensures that the storage, preservation, and transportation of cargo remain within the correct temperature condition from start to finish line in order to support the economic development of Cambodia through providing employment opportunities for people to serve agro-industrial, food processing and pharmaceutical companies, food retailers, and hospitality businesses such as hotels and restaurants.
Taking the opportunity, H.E. Justin Kevin Whyatt shared his optimism, support and encouragement that the Kingdom of Cambodia is going to proudly host the upcoming 32nd SEA Games and 12th ASEAN Para Games while the country is waiting for 64 years for the auspicious celebration of the regional games, wishing Cambodia a fruitful result and a new honour in sports filed.
For his part, H.E. Sun Chanthol informed his guest about new development projects that have been implemented to improve the connection of transport infrastructure sector throughout the country like logistics master plan preparation, Phnom Penh Logistics Centre (PPLC) development project, Sihanoukville Logistics Centre development project, Tonle Bassac Navigation and Logistics System Project, Expressway projects, and upgrading project of Phnom Penh-Poipet railway to MRT, and more.
The minister also mentioned about the encouragement of the use of electric vehicles (EVs) in Cambodia through Draft Law on EVs.
Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse