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Cuba’s Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz led a senior delegation from his country on an official visit to Cambodia, arriving in the Kingdom on October 4 with plans to depart on October 6. The visit came at the invitation of Prime Minister Hun Sen following the prime minister’s recent stop in Cuba after attending the UN General Assembly in New York. Hun Sen welcomed his Cuban counterpart at the Peace Palace for a meeting.

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.