Liu Yunshan, a senior Communist Party of China official, met on Wednesday with Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen in Phnom Penh, and they agreed to cement bilateral cooperation and party-to-party exchanges.

China always regards Cambodia as a priority in its diplomacy with neighboring countries, said Liu, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. Liu said the two countries, treating each other as good neighbors, friends, brothers and partners, have had fruitful cooperation in all fields since China and Cambodia established diplomatic ties 59 years ago.

China will work with Cambodia to implement the important consensus reached by President Xi Jinping and Hun Sen, and to consolidate mutual political trust and comprehensively deepen strategic cooperation, he said.