40th, 41st ASEAN Summits officially opened in Phnom Penh
WVR/VNA - Morning 11 November 2022, the 40th and 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits officially kicked off in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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| Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and other Heads of delegation attended the opening ceremony of the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits in in Phnom Penh, on November 11. 2022. (Source: VNA) |
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh joined leaders of other ASEAN member countries, ASEAN Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi, and representatives of partners and international organisations at the opening ceremony.
Addressing the event, Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen highlighted the significance of the bloc’s 55th founding anniversary, which marks a long path of regional connectivity and cooperation and enhances the cohesion among ASEAN members for the common goal of peace, self-reliance, and development.
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| 40th, 41st ASEAN Summits officially opened in Phnom Penh: Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen addresses the opening ceremony of the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits on November 11 morning. (Photo: VNA) |
The 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits and related Summits are an occasion for countries to make review and renew determination to strive for a united, resilient, inclusive, and rules-based future, the Cambodian Prime Minister noted.
After three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, with solidarity and persistent efforts by each member country and the whole ASEAN, it could be said that the bloc has succeeded in surmounting the pandemic and resume economic activities, he went on.
The Cambodian leader stressed the need to be fully aware that ASEAN and the region are facing numerous difficulties and challenges, which urgently requires an overall approach and sound vision, orientations, and policies. This is also the theme of ASEAN in 2022 - “Addressing Challenges Together”.
In that context, ASEAN gives the highest priority to maintaining solidarity, unanimity, and centrality to overcome challenges together and build a resilient community for all people. Looking towards the future, the bloc should strongly uphold the values that have made its successes over the more than five decades, Prime Minister Hun Sen added.
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| Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (fourth from left), Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen (centre) and other ASEAN leaders at the opening ceremony of the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits in Phnom Penh on November 11 morning. (Photo: VNA) |
After the opening ceremony, ASEAN leaders attended a plenary session of the 40th ASEAN Summit and a retreat meeting of the 41st Summit.
(Source: WVR/VNA)
