PHNOM PENH, May 28 (Xinhua) -- The 17th ministerial meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and European Union (EU) opened here Thursday, focusing on ASEAN-EU's enhanced partnership and cooperation, as well as the world economic and financial crisis and other regional and international issues.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen presided over the opening ceremony held at Chaktomuk Conference Hall and will make a keynote address.
The meeting under the theme of "ASEAN-EU Partnership for Peace, Economic Growth and Development" is also scheduled to address issues of ASEAN integration, food and energy security and the environment.
This biennial ASEAN-EU ministerial meeting was attended by representatives from all the 10 ASEAN countries and the 27 EU member states, as well as the delegates from ASEAN Secretariat and EU Commission.
Cambodian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Hor Namhong and Jan Kohout, Czech deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs whose country is current EU president, are co-presidents of the meeting.
The 16th Ministerial Meeting between ASEAN and EU was held in Germany in 2007.
The ASEAN groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen presided over the opening ceremony held at Chaktomuk Conference Hall and will make a keynote address.
The meeting under the theme of "ASEAN-EU Partnership for Peace, Economic Growth and Development" is also scheduled to address issues of ASEAN integration, food and energy security and the environment.
This biennial ASEAN-EU ministerial meeting was attended by representatives from all the 10 ASEAN countries and the 27 EU member states, as well as the delegates from ASEAN Secretariat and EU Commission.
Cambodian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Hor Namhong and Jan Kohout, Czech deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs whose country is current EU president, are co-presidents of the meeting.
The 16th Ministerial Meeting between ASEAN and EU was held in Germany in 2007.
The ASEAN groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
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The PM is doing humanly possible to mitigate the effects of an economic malaise against the global cataclysmic economy backdrop, and by the same token, Prime Minister Hun Sen and the CPP leaders are addressing and confronting the global economic woes. Having said that, let me say this: during these tumultuous times, Cambodia is not the only country that is affected, but the rest of the world also feels the impact, which precipitated with a conflunce of factors, i.e. the culprit was originated from the Western Hemisphere.
PPU
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