Phnom Penh, Feb. 11 -- After General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam and a high-level Vietnamese delegation visited Cambodia on February 6, Phnom Penh Post featured a commentary by Assoc. Prof. Dr Neak Chandarith, Director of the Institute for International Studies and Public Policy at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, highlighting the importance of the visit for shaping bilateral relations in the new context.

According to the Cambodian scholar, the visit goes beyond conventional diplomatic protocol, representing a new strategic turning point in what he described as the "everlasting era of neighbourliness" or "enduring friendship." He noted that amid evolving regional and global geopolitical dynamic...