Indian Envoy Pledges to Urge Direct Flights to Cambodia

2012-07-24 
Xinhua       
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Newly designated ambassador of India to Cambodia Dinesh K. Patnaik pledged on Tuesday to urge Indian airlines to operate direct flights to Cambodia in order to boost bilateral relations in trade, investment and tourism.

The ambassador made the remarks during a meeting with Cambodian deputy Prime Minister and foreign minister Hor Namhong.

Besides, he said, in his diplomatic term, he would do all his best to encourage Indian investors to do business here in rice mills, tourism and mining.

Hor Namhong said Cambodia and India have had a good and long- standing diplomatic relation and expressed hope that the ambassador's mission would deepen the bilateral ties.

The relations in trade, investment and tourism between Cambodia and India are still relatively small. According to Koy Kuong, spokesman for Cambodia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the two-way trade volume last year was 86 million U.S. dollars, up 43 percent from a year earlier.

In terms of investment, last year, the country received only 6. 3 million U.S. dollars from India in a single project of rice processing factory, whilst in tourism, some 15,000 Indians travelled to Cambodia last year, up 15 percent.