CCTV news (cctv.com): President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan met with king Sihamoni and queen Sihamoni of Kampuchea in the Great Hall of the people on 6 July.
"Novel coronavirus pneumonia is a great concern for us. We are very grateful to you for your profound friendship with the king and queen mother," Xi Jinping said. His majesty has just visited Yan'an along the footprints of empress Sihanouk and Empress Dowager monille 50 years ago. This is not only a journey to inherit friendship, but also a journey to enhance friendship. Empress Dowager monelle has made special and important contributions to promoting the friendship between China and Cambodia from generation to generation and exchanges and cooperation in various fields. Today, I present to her Majesty the "Medal of friendship" of the people's Republic of China, which is not only a high appreciation of her Majesty's special and important contribution to China Cambodia relations, but also to carry forward the profound friendship between the two peoples. We should continue our efforts to push the China Cambodia comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership to a new level.
Profound sentiments of friendship between President Xi Jinping and his wife have been deeply appreciated by the Chinese people, Sihamoni said. China unremitting self-improvement to the Yanan people's Republic of China, I have just visited Shaanxi and Yanan, and I sincerely admire the great achievements of the Chinese Communist Party in leading the Chinese people to strive for self-improvement and hard struggle. I would like to join President Xi Jinping in inheriting and carrying forward the profound friendship between the leaders of the older generation of the two countries and writing a new chapter in Cambodia China friendly cooperation. I sincerely wish China a new and greater development under the leadership of President Xi Jinping.
Monille said that emperor Sihanouk and I are loyal old friends and good friends of the Chinese people. Over the past 60 years, I have visited China many times, and each time I can deeply feel the rapid development and changes in China. President Xi Jinping gave me the medal of friendship in People's Republic of China, and I was deeply moved. I will continue to make efforts to deepen Cambodia China friendship.