Friday, August 24, 2007

Laos invite Cambodia to attend 23rd Francophony ministerial conference

Friday, August 24, 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

Laos said that it invited Cambodia to participate in the 23rd conference of foreign affairs ministers of Francophony countries which will be held in Vientiane between 20-21 November 2007. This invitation was made in the afternoon of 22 August in Phnom Penh, during a meting between Hor Nam Hong, minister of Foreign Affairs, and Su Ban Srithirat, the Lao minister in charge of Francophony. Su ban Srithirat told Hor Nam Hong that the reason he is visiting Cambodia is to invite Cambodia to participate in the conference in order to show the solidarity among neighboring countries. The Lao minister asks Cambodia to support the topic raised by Laos: French is an instrument for solidarity which raises multiculturalism and language. Hor Nam Hong welcomes this invitation request made by the Lao minister, and he said that he will send an official to participate in the conference because, himself, he will be busy attending the ASEAN summit meeting in Singapore on that same date also.

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