Phnom Penh: Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia has stressed that combating transnational crime and cybercrime is a necessary task that requires cooperation between countries.
Speech by Prime Minister Hun Sen on the occasion of allowing Lieutenant General Vanthong KONGMANY, Minister of Public Security of Laos, and his delegation to pay a courtesy call and discuss work at the Peace Palace on May 14, 2026.
During the meeting, the Minister He emphasized that Laos and Cambodia are good neighbors with similar traditions and customs, and the people of the two countries have had close ties for a long time. He also informed the President that the visit of His Excellency and the delegation to Cambodia this time is to attend the meeting to review and evaluate the implementation results of the 2025 Cooperation Memorandum and to sign the 2026 Cooperation Memorandum with the Ministry of Interior of Cambodia, which has just ended successfully and fruitfully.
He considered this visit as a driving force to promote cooperation in the field of security and public order to be stronger, especially cooperation in the border provinces of the two countries to combat cross-border crime, human trafficking, drug trafficking and cybercrime, aiming to ensure safety, stability and order for the people of both countries. He also pledged to further strengthen security cooperation between the two countries.
In response, the President expressed his strong confidence that under His Excellency’s leadership, security cooperation between Cambodia and Laos will become stronger and more prosperous. The President also highly valued the excellent relations and cooperation between the two countries in all fields, as this year marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
The President added that the two countries also have many other areas of cooperation that they will continue to work on together, such as infrastructure connectivity, people-to-people connectivity, which are the driving forces in expanding bilateral trade and promoting tourism in both countries.
The King also praised and highly valued the fruitful results of the meeting between the Ministry of Interior of Cambodia and the Ministry of Public Security of Laos, as well as the good cooperation in the security sector between the two ministries in the past. The President emphasized that “fighting transnational crime, human trafficking, drug trafficking, and cybercrime is a necessary task that requires joint cooperation between countries.”
Finally, the President also encouraged the Cambodian Ministry of Interior and the Lao Ministry of Public Security to continue to strengthen and expand cooperation with each other to deepen and strengthen the security sector, which is an important sector that will contribute to supporting the connectivity of other sectors of the two countries.
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