Chinese FM in Cambodia for official visit

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi arrived here on Thursday afternoon for a three-day official visit at the invitation of Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Hor Namhong.

    Yang is scheduled to respectively meet King Norodom Sihamoni, Prime Minister Hun Sen and Hor Namhong on Friday.

    This has been Yang's first visit to Cambodia since he became foreign minister in 2007.

    Cambodia is the first stop of Yang's regional tour which also includes Brunei and Australia.