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Prime Minister Hun Sen wrapped up the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summit and related meetings on November 13, saying that Cambodia had been tossed a hot stone and had managed to handle it and cool it down and could now pass along a merely warm stone to Indonesia as it takes over as ASEAN chair.
Cambodia has now successfully wrapped up its ASEAN Summit hosting duties – along with much of its remaining work as chair of the intergovernmental organisation this year – in its third turn taking on the ASEAN leadership role since the Kingdom joined the bloc in 1999.
Prime Minister Hun Sen wrapped up the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summit and related meetings on November 13, saying that Cambodia had been tossed a hot stone and had managed to handle it and cool it down and could now pass along a merely warm stone to Indonesia as it takes over as ASEAN chair.
Cambodia has now successfully wrapped up its ASEAN Summit hosting duties – along with much of its remaining work as chair of the intergovernmental organisation this year – in its third turn taking on the ASEAN leadership role since the Kingdom joined the bloc in 1999.
Cambodia observed Independence Day on November 9, marking the 69th anniversary of the Kingdom gaining independence from France on November 9, 1953. The day was observed by more than 10,000 government officials, Buddhist monks and the public with an event at Independence Monument in Phnom Penh.