PHNOM PENH, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia is ready to host the 17th ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting (AEMM), government officials and private sector said Wednesday.
"We are ready to welcome high level officials of foreign affairs from the 10 ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries and the 27 EU (European Union) countries to attend the ministerial meeting on May 27 to 28," the official Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) quoted Foreign Ministry's spokesman Koy Kuong as saying on Wednesday.
Lou Meng, president of the Hotel Association in Cambodia, said hotels in Phnom Penh are also ready to serve and provide a comfortable hospitality to them.
"We have cooperated with the Cambodian authorities to start preparing hospitality to the 37 countries' delegations three months ago since we have got a notice from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs," he said.
According to Koy Kuong, the agenda of the 17th AEMM would be world financial crisis, cross border crimes, arm management, drug trafficking, food security, energy as well as climate change. The 16th AEMM was held in Nuremberg, Germany in 2007.
Cambodian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Hor Namhong and Czech President and current EU President Vaclav Klaus will be named as co-presidents of the meeting.
The meetings rotate between ASEAN and EU countries. ASEAN groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
"We are ready to welcome high level officials of foreign affairs from the 10 ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries and the 27 EU (European Union) countries to attend the ministerial meeting on May 27 to 28," the official Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) quoted Foreign Ministry's spokesman Koy Kuong as saying on Wednesday.
Lou Meng, president of the Hotel Association in Cambodia, said hotels in Phnom Penh are also ready to serve and provide a comfortable hospitality to them.
"We have cooperated with the Cambodian authorities to start preparing hospitality to the 37 countries' delegations three months ago since we have got a notice from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs," he said.
According to Koy Kuong, the agenda of the 17th AEMM would be world financial crisis, cross border crimes, arm management, drug trafficking, food security, energy as well as climate change. The 16th AEMM was held in Nuremberg, Germany in 2007.
Cambodian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Hor Namhong and Czech President and current EU President Vaclav Klaus will be named as co-presidents of the meeting.
The meetings rotate between ASEAN and EU countries. ASEAN groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
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