Phnom Penh (FN), Dec. 21 – Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen thanked president of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam Nguyen Xuan Phuc for supporting Cambodia as incoming ASEAN chairman.

The president’s statement was made during a courtesy call by Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen at the Peace Palace on Tuesday.

Cambodian premier also thanked president Nguyen Xuan Phuc for supporting and assisting Cambodia in hosting a successful 13th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM13), according to the premier’s personal assistant Eang Sophalleth on Tuesday.

At a press conference on 9 December 2021, spokeswoman for the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry Le Thi Thu Hang said that Viet Nam supported Cambodia in her role as chair of ASEAN in 2022, while Cambodia is willing to resolve the Myanmar crisis and reunify ASEAN.

The Vietnamese president arrived Phnom Penh on Tuesday for a state visit on 21-22 December 2021.
=FRESH NEWS