Published: 22:06, September 11, 2022 | Updated: 19:00, September 12, 2022
Phnom Penh hosts 2022 ASEAN Leadership and Partnership Forum
By Yang Han in Hong Kong

Prak Sokhonn, Cambodian deputy prime minister and foreign minister, delivers a speech on Cambodia's chairmanship of ASEAN at The 2022 ASEAN Leadership and Partnership Forum in Phnom Penh on Sept 11, 2022.

Under the theme “Partnership for a Cohesive and Responsive ASEAN”, the 2022 ASEAN Leadership and Partnership Forum is being held in Phnom Penh on Sept 11-12.

Co-organized by Malaysia-based think tank KSI Strategic Institute for Asia Pacific, the ASEAN Business Advisory Council, and the Phnom Penh-based Asian Vision Institute and Cambodia Chamber of Commerce, the event brought together about 300 high-level delegates of the government, business, civil society organizations and academics from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations region and beyond.

Monday will not only see the opening ceremony, but also find several panel sessions exploring various sides of sustainable development in the region.

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Photos by Xue Jingqi and Kenrick Lee. 

Hundreds of high-level delegates of the government, business, civil society organizations and academics from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations region and beyond attend the 2022 ASEAN Leadership and Partnership Forum in Phnom Penh on Sept 11, 2022.

Michael Yeoh, founder and chairman of The 2022 ASEAN Leadership and Partnership Forum and president of KSI Strategic Institute for Asia Pacific, addresses the first day of the event in Phnom Penh to welcome delegations from across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Sept 11, 2022.

Cambodian Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak delivers a special address at The 2022 ASEAN Leadership and Partnership Forum in Phnom Penh on Sept 11, 2022.

Zuraida Kamaruddin, Malaysian minister of plantation industries and commodities, speaks on revitalizing agricultural commodities for sustainable economic recovery at The 2022 ASEAN Leadership and Partnership Forum in Phnom Penh on Sept 11, 2022.

Awardees of the ASEAN Lifetime Achievement Awards pose for a group photo at The 2022 ASEAN Leadership and Partnership Forum in Phnom Penh on Sept 11, 2022.


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