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Prime Minister Hun Sen appealed to both ASEAN and the EU to do their utmost to build peace and stability in the region and beyond, while decrying today’s situation where world peace is being threatened by some states.

Prime Minister Hun Sen appealed to both ASEAN and the EU to do their utmost to build peace and stability in the region and beyond, while decrying today’s situation where world peace is being threatened by some states.

Prime Minister Hun Sen led a high-level delegation to attend the EU- ASEAN Commemorative Summit in Brussels with Cambodia as co-chair of the event.

Prime Minister Hun Sen led a high-level delegation to attend the EU- ASEAN Commemorative Summit in Brussels with Cambodia as co-chair of the event. Analysts and political observers see the premier’s visit to Europe as strengthening multilateral mechanisms during a European security crisis, while the EU has set out an Indo-Pacific strategy centred on Southeast Asia.

Prime Minister Hun Sen said he expected that the meeting between US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin and his Chinese counterpart General Wei Fenghe in Siem Reap on November 22 would contribute to regional and global stability.

Prime Minister Hun Sen said he expected that the meeting between US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin and his Chinese counterpart General Wei Fenghe in Siem Reap on November 22 would contribute to regional and global stability. Austin and Wei met face to face on the sidelines of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM+).

ASEAN member states have yet to reach a consensus on the issue surrounding the Russia-Ukraine conflict, with some of them rejecting a request by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to deliver a video statement at the November 10-13 ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh over the ongoing war

Hong Kong expects to be joining the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) as the administration sets to discuss its inclusion with all 15 RCEP members next year. Economic analysts see the presence of Hong Kong in the free-trade bloc as a boost to the ASEAN economy.