Question: A small number of we-media accounts painted a bleak picture about China-Cambodia relationship. May I have your comments on this? What are the programs of engagement the Chinese and Cambodian armed forces will have for this year?
Wu Qian: Relevant remarks are sheer slanders and not true. China and Cambodia are iron-clad friends who share weal and woe and always support each other. Our two militaries enjoy unbreakable relations and rock-solid brotherhood. In recent years, under the strategic guidance of the leaders of the two countries, the PLA and the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces have had close high-level interactions and productive and substantive cooperation in various areas. The two sides successfully held Golden Dragon joint exercise for six times and also conducted Peace Angel military medical service exercise. Exchanges between military academies and cooperation on de-mining and military publicity have continued to deepen. Not long ago, the Cambodian Ministry of National Defense conferred medals upon the Chinese medical expert team and academic expert team in Cambodia. Going forward, the Chinese military will join hands with the Cambodian side to deliver on the important consensus between the leaders of the two countries, and grow our military-to-military relations from strength to strength.
Trust is like a tree rooted in the soil of mutual support. China-Cambodia relations have withstood the tests of changing international landscape. No attempt to malign the bilateral ties will ever succeed.