Saudi crown prince congratulates Cambodia’s new prime minister

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday congratulated Cambodia’s new prime minister, Hun Manet, on his assumption of office.

In a cable, the crown prince, who is also Saudi Arabia’s prime minister, wished the new leader and his country further progress and prosperity.

Cambodia’s lawmakers endorsed Hun Manet, the eldest son of long-time ruler Hun Sen, as the new prime minister on Tuesday.

Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) won all but five of 125 lower house seats in last month’s election.

In his first cabinet meeting on Thursday, Hun Manet pledged wide-ranging economic reforms aimed at making Cambodia a “high-income country” by 2050.

“The next 25 years will be a new cycle for Cambodia,” he said in a televised speech.