Published: 11:21, August 19, 2022 | Updated: 14:03, August 19, 2022
Cambodia to host economic meetings in mid-Sept
By Xinhua

Attendees of the 55th ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Foreign Ministers' Meeting pose for a group photo in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Aug 3, 2022. (LY LAY / XINHUA)

PHNOM PENH – Cambodia will host the 54th ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Economic Ministers' meeting (54th AEM) and related meetings from Sept 14 to Sept 18 in the cultural province of Siem Reap, a Ministry of Commerce press statement said on Thursday.

The 54th ASEAN Economic Ministers' meeting will bring together economic ministers from ASEAN and its dialogue partners, a Ministry of Commerce press statement said

The meetings will bring together economic ministers from ASEAN and its dialogue partners, the statement said, adding that Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen will be presiding over the opening ceremony on Sept 14 in the morning.

It added that other consultations between ASEAN economic ministers and ASEAN dialogue partners, including China, India, Russia, South Korea, Japan, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership ministers, and East Asia Summit economic ministers, among others, will be held from Sept 16 to Sept 18.

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"The 54th AEM and related meetings will discuss the progress of ASEAN Economic Community integration, including but not limited to, the progress of Priority Economic Deliverables under Cambodia's ASEAN Chairmanship 2022, Post-COVID-19 Economic Recovery, ASEAN External Economic Relations, Timor-Leste's application for ASEAN membership and multilateral and regional matters," the statement said.

Founded in 1967, ASEAN groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singap    ore, Thailand and Vietnam.

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