For his part, Hun Sen said the Cambodian side stands ready to continue working with China to carry forward the traditional bilateral friendship jointly forged and nurtured by the older generations of the two countries' leaders.

Expressing his country's willingness to push forward reciprocal cooperation with China in socioeconomic development areas, the prime minister said Cambodia also is ready to cooperate with China under the Belt and Road framework.

Cambodia, he added, hopes that bilateral cooperation under the China-proposed initiatives will boost its construction of water and aerial transport infrastructure and extend to such areas as health care, agriculture and disaster relief.

He also pledged to maintain communication and coordination with China on regional and global issues of common concern and support the dialogue and cooperation between ASEAN and China.