Cambodia to Host ASEAN Regional Forum

26 June, 2012 2012

Xinhua Web Editor: dingxiaoxiao 

Cambodia, as the chair of ASEAN in 2012, will host the 45th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' meeting, Post Ministerial Conference, the 19th ASEAN Regional Forum, and the 2nd East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers' meeting on July 6-13, Cambodian foreign ministry said in a press release on Friday.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will presided over the 45th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' meeting, and Deputy Prime Minister and foreign minister Hor Namhong will chair the remaining meetings, said the press release.

The country will also host other meetings between ASEAN and its dialogue partners, it said.

During the above events, some key documents will be signed by the ASEAN Foreign Ministers and the Foreign Ministers from ASEAN dialogue partners.

Those documents include the statement on the protocol to the treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ), Memorandum of Understanding between ASEAN and China to the treaty on SEANWFZ, and the protocol to the treaty on SEANWFZ.

Also, there will be the signing on Instruments of Extension and Instruments of Accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia by the European Union and the United Kingdom.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) group Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.