Thursday, March 05, 2009

ASEAN receives credentials from Cambodia's Permanent Representative

JAKARTA, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan received the credentials from Cambodia's Permanent Representative to ASEAN, Kan Pharidh, on Thursday.

"Ambassador Kan's many years of experience in ASEAN affairs will, no doubt, contribute positively to the Committee of Permanent Representatives, now being formed. I look forward to working with him on building our ASEAN Community," a press release issued by the ASEAN Secretariat quoted Surin as saying.

Ambassador Kan is concurrently Cambodia's Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia.

So far, ASEAN has received credentials from the Permanent Representatives of four ASEAN member countries. They are Singapore, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

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