Phnom Penh: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Prak Sokhonn made a phone call to congratulate the new Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong on her recent appointments. This is according to the official Facebook post of the Deputy Prime Minister on Tuesday afternoon, May 7.

"I just had the opportunity to congratulate the Honourable Penny Wong on her recent appointment as Foreign Minister of Australia via telephone call this afternoon.," wrote Prak Sokhonn.

Sokhon added that Cambodia and Australia have been long-standing partners, where our diplomatic relations officially dated back 7 decades ago. In recent times, particularly during periods of hardship, our relations have grown even tighter as we and the whole world fight against the COVID-19. Cambodia is thus thankful for the kind assistance from the Government and the people of Australia.

FM Prak Sokhon said that the two countries committed to working closely together in both bilateral and multilateral frameworks by placing our peoples at the core of all of our endeavors.