ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Retreat opens

The ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Retreat (AMMR) took place both in person and via videoconference in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on February 17 to discuss issues such as COVID-19, economic recovery and relations with dialogue partners.
Các Bộ trưởng Ngoại giao ASEAN và Tổng Thư ký ASEAN tại Hội nghị.
Foreign Ministers and leaders of the ASEAN Secretariat pose for a group photo. (Photo: VNA)

The event, chaired by Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn, saw the in-person participation of foreign ministers of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Laos. Foreign ministers of Brunei, Thailand and Viet Nam attended the AMMR online. Myanmar did not designate a representative for the event.

This is the first in-person ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting after a hiatus of more than a year caused by the pandemic.

According to the Cambodian foreign ministry, the meeting would exchange views on how to further strengthen external relations with dialogue partners while maintaining and promoting ASEAN centrality, solidarity and unity.

The FMs would also discuss ways and means to collectively endeavour to build a more resilient, dynamic, peaceful and prosperous ASEAN community. Regional and international issues of common concern would also be discussed in the meeting.

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(Source: VNA)