Phnom Penh (FN), Feb. 5 – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen confirmed Wednesday that he will visit Beijing to meet Chinese leaders before repatriating to Cambodia.

“We go to Beijing to meet Chinese leaders to discuss issue of Coronavirus outbreak and reaffirm our stance not to evacuate Cambodian officials and students from China nor ban Chinese flights to Cambodia,” Strongman Hun Sen told Fresh News CEO Lim Chea Vutha on 5 February 2020.

Foreign Affairs Ministry of China confirmed on 4 February that the Chinese side could not arrange a visit of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to Wuhan due to the severity of coronavirus outbreak.

In a meeting with Cambodian citizens in South Korea on 3 February, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced that he would visit Cambodian students in Wuhan if the Chinese Government allows.