Torch relay begins for 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia


Defence minister General Tea Banh (centre) waving the SEA Games flag during an event to welcome Cambodian gold medallists in this file picture from May 24, 2022. - PPP

SIEM REAP, Cambodia (Xinhua): The torch relay for the 32nd South-East Asian (SEA) Games in Cambodia began on Tuesday (March 21), with 45 days to go until the start of the biennial regional multi-sport event.

Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni, accompanied by Prime Minister Hun Sen, presided over the torch-lighting ceremony held at the famed Angkor Wat temple in northwest Siem Reap province.

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