Cambodia to host Asean foreign ministers' meeting next week

PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): Cambodia, the chair of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) for 2022, will host the Asean Foreign Ministers' Retreat (AMM Retreat) on Feb 15-17 in Phnom Penh in a hybrid format, the country's foreign ministry said on Thursday (Feb 10).

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn will chair the ministerial meeting, the ministry said in a statement.

"The AMM Retreat will follow-up on the leaders' decisions from the 38th and the 39th Asean Summits, exchange views on how to further strengthen external relations with dialogue partners while maintaining and promoting Asean centrality, solidarity and unity, and discuss ways and means to collectively endeavour to build a more resilient, dynamic, peaceful and prosperous Asean community," it said.

Regional and international issues of common interest and concern will also be discussed at the meeting, it added.

Sokhonn will brief the meeting on key deliverables to be achieved during Cambodia's chairmanship in responding to the strategic challenges facing the region, according to the statement.

ASsean groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.