Phnom Penh: Deputy Prime Minister Sar Sokha, Minister of the Ministry of Interior of Cambodia, welcomed and confirmed his readiness to support a meeting between the leadership and experts of the Ministry of Interior and the Sri Lankan side to update the Memorandum of Understanding in the security sector and increase the level of information exchange related to law enforcement in the security sector.
The statement by the Minister of Interior was made on the occasion of Deputy Prime Minister Sar Sokha’s meeting with Ms. Edirisinghe Arachchilage Sriyani Wijayanthi Edirisinghe, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Cambodia, at the Ministry of Interior on August 4, 2026.
During the meeting, the Sri Lankan Ambassador requested Deputy Prime Minister Sar Sokha to review and prepare the contents of the Memorandum of Understanding. The two sides have been together since 2004, and announced their intention to establish a focal point between the Ministry of Interior and the Sri Lankan embassy or honorary consul to exchange information and share work experiences, including coordinating the repatriation of Sri Lankans to their home countries.
Regarding this topic, Deputy Prime Minister Sar Sokha recommended that officials from both sides include in the draft new memorandum of understanding cooperation on information exchange, research and suppression of online scam crimes. He shared the progress in this work, which Cambodia has been collaborating with Korea, China, Indonesia, Vietnam and Laos, etc., namely, both sides will provide each other with information about foreign nationals who have been or are involved in crimes.
On that occasion, Deputy Prime Minister Sar Sokha and Ambassador They also expressed their congratulations on the diplomatic ties between the two countries and expressed their willingness to work together in a spirit of high cooperation, especially in the security sector, to serve the national interests and peoples of both Cambodia and Sri Lanka, as well as the well-being and safety of humanity in the region and the world, which is facing the crisis of war, geopolitical competition, and global criminality.
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