Landmark meeting: Cambodia hosts first in-person Asean event after pandemic

The ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat (AMM Retreat), which sees in-person attendance for the first time in two years following the Covid-19 pandemic, begins in a hybrid format today, minus a representative from Myanmar. The retreat in Phnom Penh is considered a trial for the 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting scheduled for August which ASEAN Chair Cambodia is hosting.

The AMM Retreat, chaired by Minister of Foreign Affairs Prak Sokhonn, will be held as a follow-up to the bloc’s leaders’ decisions on regional issues made during the 38th and the 39th ASEAN Summits which then-Chair Brunei hosted in October.

During the closed-door meeting, Asean foreign ministers will discuss ways to further strengthen external relations with dialogue partners while maintaining and promoting the bloc’s solidarity and unity. “They will also discuss ways and means to mobilise joint efforts to build a stronger ASEAN Community,” Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Chum Sounry said yesterday.

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