Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, left, sees off Jia Qinglin, the fourth-most-powerful person in China's Communist Party, after a signing ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. Cambodia on Wednesday have received a loan US$207 million from China for infrastructure projects promoting economic development in the country's remote areas. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
PHNOM PENH, Dec 3 (Reuters) - China is to give Cambodia aid and loans worth $215 million for road construction, and the two countries have also agreed to step up trade between them, officials said on Wednesday.
They expected trade flows to reach $1 billion by 2010 from $933 million last year, the officials said.
Beijing, which gave Cambodia $600 million in assistance in 2007, is looking to expand cooperation in oil and mineral exploration, Cambodian Information Minister Khieu Kanharith said, adding that his country welcomed this.
The announcements came as a Chinese delegation visited the Southeast Asian country to mark the fiftieth anniversary of diplomatic ties between them.
(Reporting by Ek Madra; Editing by Alan Raybould)
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