Stephane Dion, Canada’s Foreign Minister, started his three-day visit to Cambodia yesterday, according to a press release from the Kingdom’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During his visit, Mr. Dion is scheduled to meet with King Norodom Sihamoni at the Royal Palace as well as Prime Minister Hun Sen and Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn, said the release, adding that Mr. Dion would also visit the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum.
 

According to the Canadian government’s website, diplomatic relations between Cambodia and Canada are managed by the Canadian embassy in Bangkok, however, the embassy opened an office in Phnom Penh in September last year to facilitate consular services for Canadians living in the Kingdom. In the same way, Cambodia’s representation in Canada is managed by the Cambodian mission to the United Nations in New York.
 

Relations between the two nations were established in 1953 when Canada participated in the International Control and Supervision Commission. Canada was also a signatory party in the Paris Peace Accord in 1991 to help end the civil war in Cambodia. In 2014, bilateral trade between Cambodia and Canada reached $835.3 million. Cambodia is also a country benefiting from Canada’s Market Access Initiative for Least Developed Countries, allowing the Kingdom quota-free and duty-free access to their market.

 

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