Cambodian PM Welcomes All Delegates for 55th AMM and Related Meetings
AKP Phnom Penh, August 03, 2022 --

Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HE this morning expressed his warm welcome to all foreign ministers of ASEAN member countries and partner countries as well as their delegates who came to attend the 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) and Related Meetings in Phnom Penh.

“Welcome H.E. Dr. Adaljiza Albertina Xavier Reis Magno, Foreign Minister of Timor-Leste, H.E. Nikos Dendias, Foreign Minister of Greece, H.E. Erywan Yusof, Second Foreign Minister of Brunei, H.E. Dato Lim Jock Hoi , the ASEAN Secretary General, H.E. Bui Thanh Son, Foreign Minister of Vietnam, H.E. Ms. Retno L.P. Marsudi, Foreign Minister of Indonesia, H.E Vivian Balakrishnan, Foreign Minister of Singapore, H.E. Don Pramudwinai, Foreign Minister of Thailand, H.E. Saleumxay Kommasith, Foreign Minister of Laos, H.E. Dato' Sri Saifuddin Abdullah, Foreign Minister of Malaysia, and H.E. Wang Yi, State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs of China,” wrote the Premier on his social media network.

More top diplomats of some other countries will successively arrive in Cambodia for the 55th AMM and Related Meetings, added Samdech Techo Prime Minister.
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Top agenda – security, economic recovery, climate change among other issues are set to place on the table in 55th ASEAN Ministers’ Meeting and Related Meetings, hosted by Cambodia.

Issues would be raised up against each other, but the common ground would be the same to find solutions to challenging issues the region and the globe are facing, said H.E. Kung Phoak, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, at a daily press conference this evening.

“I hope that all countries attending the 55th ASEAN Ministers’ Meeting and Related Meetings will take this opportunity and use it to discuss for solutions to issues in ASEAN and the globe,” H.E. Kung Phoak, also official spokesperson for the meetings, said.

Cambodia has been hosting the 55th ASEAN Ministers’ Meeting and Related Meetings from July 29 to Aug. 5 with the participation of 39 countries, including the host.
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Nancy Pelosi in Taiwan set to dominate ASEAN meet
ASEAN spokesman says it would seek to calm the waters after US House Speaker defied China to arrive on the island
By AFP
Published: August 03, 2022 04:46 AM GMT

Southeast Asian foreign ministers will seek ways to help calm rising tensions over Taiwan at regional talks Wednesday, after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived on the island, enraging Beijing.

Pelosi's dramatic late-night arrival in Taipei, defying threats of reprisals by China, looks set to dominate the meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Phnom Penh, which had been due to focus on the bloody crisis in Myanmar.

Attention will focus instead on Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his American counterpart Antony Blinken -- both flying into the Cambodian capital for regional security talks with ASEAN on Thursday and Friday.

ASEAN spokesman Kung Phoak, Cambodia's deputy foreign minister, said the meeting would seek to calm the waters.
https://www.ucanews.com/news/nancy-pelo ... meet/98257

H.E. Nikos Dendias, Foreign Minister of Greece

Did he get lost?

And HE left out Blinken !

3 Aug, 15:16
Lavrov arrives in Cambodia to attend ASEAN-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
Official events with Russian foreign minister's participation are scheduled for August 4-5

PHNOM PENH, August 3. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh on Wednesday to attend the ASEAN-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, a TASS correspondent reported.

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announced earlier that Lavrov is also scheduled to hold bilateral meetings with foreign counterparts in Phnom Penh.

Official events with Lavrov’s participation are scheduled for August 4-5. Prior to that, the Russian foreign minister visited Myanmar. Zakharova pointed out ahead of the Russian top diplomat’s tour of Southeast Asia that "Lavrov is not bringing a provocation, as [US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy] Pelosi [who visited Taiwan on August 3], but he is bringing cooperation".
TASS

VOA Interview: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken
August 05, 2022 1:39 PM
Sun Narin
Phnom Penh, Cambodia — Amid soaring tensions over China's military drills in the Taiwan Strait, VOA's Khmer Service Reporter Sun Narin interviewed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Friday. Blinken told VOA that China's reaction to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan this week is "disproportionate and dangerous.” He said the United States will not respond with any provocative actions of its own.
Blinken also discussed ways to address the worsening situation in Myanmar, including possible additional sanctions. Blinken said the U.S. wants a positive relationship with Cambodia, and that he discussed the importance of strengthening democracy in the country with Cambodian Prime Minister HE, with elections set for next year.

VOA: Two questions first before we touch on the topics on Cambodia. So, one is about Taiwan and Myanmar. Just want to get your view on what do you think about the visit of Pelosi to Taiwan, and then there is a reaction and also response from China.

Rest of the interview here: https://www.voanews.com/a/voa-interview ... 88712.html