Deputy Minister Wang Min Had a Meeting with Minister Suy Sem of Industry, Mines and Energy of Cambodia
Source: Portal Website of Ministry of Land and Resources Citation: Portal Website of China Geological Survey Date: Dec. 20, 2011
Deputy Minister Wang Min and Minister Suy Sem executed a ministry cooperation memorandum of understanding
In order to further promote cooperation between China and Cambodia in the field of geological minerals, in response to invitation by Ministry of Industry, Mine and Energy of Cambodia, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Land and Resources Wang Min (also Secretary of Party Leadership Group and Director of China Geological Survey) led a delegation to visit Cambodia and had a meeting with Suy Sem, Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy of Cambodia. At first, Wang introduced recent work of the Ministry of Land and Resources of China. To base on domestic power, make an overall planning, initiate new mechanisms to boost major breakthrough in domestic mineral prospecting and contribute to sustainable economic and social development, the State Council of China has approved the plan of prospecting breakthrough strategic actions. He pointed out that, there is a sound foundation and huge potential for mining cooperation between China and Cambodia. He expected to enhance bilateral high-level communication thereafter and have a regular meeting to promote cooperation by taking advantages of China-ASEAN Mining Cooperation Forum and CHINA MINING. He said that, both sides should enhance down-to-earth communication and cooperation in primary geological survey, personnel training and lab construction, and initiate to discuss cooperation in environmental and geological survey and geological disaster prevention and control. Both sides should strengthen communication, coordination and macro instruction, and jointly promote powerful Chinese enterprises to carry out mineral resource prospecting and exploitation in Cambodia so as to make contribution to green mining development and sustainable economic and social development in Cambodia. Besides, Wang invited Minister Suy Sem to attend China-ASEAN Mining Cooperation Forum and CHINA MINING next year. Minister Suy Sem introduced work of Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy in the fields of mining and energy. Appreciating years of support from China, he expected to cooperate closely with China in personnel training, lab construction and primary geological survey. Meanwhile, Cambodia would offer active support and instructions to Chinese enterprises which are engaged in mineral prospecting and exploitation in Cambodia. Minister Suy Sem accepted the invitation from Deputy Minister Wang Min, promising that he would attend China-ASEAN Mining Cooperation Forum and CHINA MINING, which would be held in China next year. After the meeting, Deputy Minister Wang Min and Minister Suy Sem signed a ministry cooperation memorandum of understanding for the consensus agreed. (By Lian Changyun)
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