Cambodian FM to attend ASEAN meeting in Malaysia

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong will lead a delegation to attend a series of ASEAN and related meetings, to be held from August 3 to August 6, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, according to a news statement from the foreign ministry on Tuesday.

The meetings will include the 48th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting, Post Ministerial Conferences with 10 ASEAN Dialogue Partners, 16th ASEAN+3 Foreign Ministers' Meeting, 5th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers' Meeting, and 22nd ASEAN Regional Forum as well as Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone Commission meeting.

On the sidelines of the meetings, Hor Namhong will hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts from other countries.

Founded in 1967, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN) groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Endi