PHNOM PENH - The government of China on Monday delivered office supplies and equipment worth $403,000 to Cambodia in order to ease the country's burden when it hosts the ASEAN summit and related Summits this year.

The office supplies and equipment included 200 sets of desktops, 60 sets of laser printers, 100 sets of laptops, 5 sets of projectors, 50 voice recorders, 20 fax machines, 5 color duplicators, 10 sets of binding machines and 20 flatbed scanners.

The handover ceremony was made between the Ambassador of China to Cambodia Pan Guangxue and Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong, minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation.

"The donation is to express China's full support to Cambodia for chairing ASEAN this year," said Pan Guangxue. "China hopes that these supplies and equipment will help Cambodian staff work effectively in hosting ASEAN summits this year."

Meanwhile, Hor Namhong said that the office supplies and equipment were very necessary for Cambodia to use for the work of ASEAN meetings.

"The assistance truly reflects China's attention to Cambodia and the donation mirrors good and special relations between the peoples and governments of Cambodia and China."

He also highlighted sound cooperation between the two countries in all fields, especially politics, trade, investment, tourism and culture.

"On behalf of the government of Cambodia and Cambodian people, I'd like to express my sincere thanks to the government and the people of China for their constantly supporting Cambodia in all circumstances," he said. "With China's assistance, we believe that Cambodia will host ASEAN Summit and related Summits this year successfully."

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.