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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has told former Cuban President Raul Castro that the people of Cambodia have not forgotten what Cuba did to help Cambodia during the post-liberation period.

Speaking at a meeting with Raul Castro on September 24, PM Hun Sen stated that after the liberation from the genocidal regime of Pol Pot at that time. He reminded that in 1979, Cuba helped Cambodia a lot and still remember that at that time, Cambodia had Cuban sugar, a Cuban orphanage, and also a Cuban ferry. "Cuban aid at that time was very important for Cambodia, especially the Cambodian people who had just risen from the dead of the Khmer Rouge regime and needed to live and learn. So help from Cuba is very important." he said.

Cambodia and Cuba have pledged to strengthen bilateral ties and cooperation in the areas of trade and economy as well as the solidarity between the two countries. The pledge was made in a bilateral meeting between Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, and Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermudez, President of the Republic of Cuba in Havana, the Republic of Cuba, on September 24.