PHNOM PENH Iranian Ambassador to Vietnam and Accredited Ambassador to Cambodia Kamal Sajadi held talks with Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong and several other cabinet ministers in Phnom Penh on Tehran-Phnom Penh relations. Sajjadi also held talks with ministers of agriculture, commerce and secretary of state for religious affairs as well as chancellor of Phnom Penh University. The Cambodian Secretary of State for Religious Affairs said 10 percent of Cambodian population are Muslims and the Cambodian youth have special interest in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Chancellor of Phnom Penh University said the Islamic Republic of Iran has special status in the scientific and cultural fields and called on Iranian universities to allow Cambodian University teachers to study in Iran in the field of humanities.

The Cambodian Minister of Agriculture said his country is ready to cooperate with Iran in production of rice, rubber, agriculture machinery and fertilizers. The Cambodian Minister of Commerce said Iranian businessmen would export goods to Cambodia and the neighboring states and form a link between Cambodia and the Central Asia. Prime Minister Hun Sen whose party won the July election formed a coalition government in Cambodia ending 17 months of political crisis in that country.

(IRNA)