The National Assembly (NA) of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the National People's Congress (NPC) of the People's Republic of China have agreed to work together to strengthen their friendship and cooperation to be more active in both bilateral and multilateral frameworks that will bring benefits to the two countries and peoples. The agreement was made between Cambodian NA President Samdech Moha Rathsapheathika Thipadei Khuon Sudary and visiting H.E. Shohrat Zakir, Vice Chairman of the NPC's Standing Committee, during their meeting here at the NA Palace this morning. Samdech Khuon Sudary considers the visit of H.E. Shohrat Zakir to Cambodia to be of historical significance, stressing that it will contribute to further strengthening, expanding and enhancing the traditional friendship and the "Comprehensive Strategic Partnership of Cooperation" between the two nations, as well as to building a high-quality, high-level and high-standard Cambodia-China Community of Common Destiny. The NA president requested the C hinese side to support the project to develop the NA of Cambodia into a digital NA and to rehabilitate the infrastructure of the 25 provincial and capital parliamentary offices. For his part, H.E. Shohrat Zakir reaffirmed the NPC's continued support for the development of Cambodia in all fields, including infrastructure construction, agriculture, agricultural imports from Cambodia, energy, technology, security, education, health and so on. He promised to promote Cambodia's potential to Chinese investors and people to invest in and travel to Cambodia. H.E. Shohrat Zakir also voiced his support to the promotion of cooperation between the two parliaments through exchanges of high-level visits, experiences, specialised committees, friendship groups, youth parliamentarians and at the NA General Secretariat level. The Chinese side is looking forward to welcoming the visits of His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni, Senate President Samdech Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet, and NA President Sam dech Khuon Sudary to China in the near future, he added. An NPC delegation led by H.E. Shohrat Zakir arrived in Cambodia on May 21 four a four-day official visit. Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse