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PM Welcomes Gumball 3000 Car Rally Event in Cambodia


Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet welcomed the annual Gumball 3000 Rally which will pass through Cambodia in September this year.

While receiving visiting Mr. Maximillion Cooper, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Gumball 3000 at the Peace Palace here this morning, Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet voiced his support for the organisation of this major international event in Cambodia, and affirmed that the Cambodian authorities and relevant partners are ready to facilitate and participate in this event.

The Cambodian people are ready to provide warm hospitality and warm welcome for the participants, he underlined.

The Premier also thanked the Gumball 3000 Foundation for its support for Angkor Hospital for Children and for its plan to assist sports training schools in Cambodia.

For his part, Mr. Maximillion Cooper, expressed his interest in the rich culture, beauty of Cambodia’s temples, and peace in the country.

To celebrate its 25th founding anniversary, he said, the Gumball 3
000 Rally, attended by celebrities from more than 50 countries, will contribute to the promotion of Cambodia’s traditional culture and tourism potential.

According to its online source, founded in 1999 by British entrepreneur Maximillion Cooper, Gumball 3000 is a car rally which has taken thousands of supercars and entrants on an epic journey all across the globe, touching down on every continent to create one of the greatest bucket list experiences possible behind a wheel.

Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse