Phnom Penh:
(KOICA Cambodia Office, December 17, 2012): The Korea International
Cooperation Agency (KOICA) together with APSARA Authority of Cambodia
held the Ceremony for the Completion of the Cambodia-Korea Friendship
Road (or Korean Ring Road Construction Phase II) in Siem Reap province
on Saturday, December 15, 2012 under the presidency of Cambodia’s Deputy
Prime Minister H.E. Dr. Sok An, Minister in charge of the Office of the
Council of Ministers and President of APSARA Authority and H.E. Park
Dae Won, President of the Korea International Cooperation Agency
(KOICA).
The
Cambodia-Korea Friendship Road (or Korean Ring Road Construction Phase
II) is under the cooperation between APSARA Authority and KOICA within 3
years since 2010 until 2012. KOICA has supported Korean Ring Road
Construction project with grant aid of 17.4 Million USD, included 5.9
Million USD for the Korean Ring Road Construction Phase I and 11.5
Million USD for the Ring Road Construction Phase II, and will cooperate
the follow-up project “Korean Ring Road Construction Phase III” in the
early next year.
“In order
to preserve the eternity of Angkor Wat area, APSARA Authority has a very
huge responsibility to conserve, to maintain and to protect the policy
of “Conservation for Development and Development for Conservation”, in
this meaning, APSARA Authority’s responsibility is not only the
conservation of the world heritage temples and the protection of
Cambodian culture, but also has responsibilities to develop the physical
infrastructure in Angkor area in order to support tourism development
plan and to increase the local economic growth by reduce the time and
fees of transportation also”, H.E. Dr. Sok An, Deputy Prime Minister,
said at the Ceremony.
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