PHNOM PENH,
Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- The 44th ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting and related
meetings will be held in Siem Reap, the cultural province of Cambodia, from
Aug. 25 to September 1, according to a press release from Cambodia’s Ministry
of Commerce on Saturday.
Cambodian
Prime Minister Hun Sen will open the 44th meeting on Aug. 27, said the press
release.
The meeting
will discuss topics relevant to trade liberalization and economic cooperation
among the ten ASEAN member states and with dialogue countries including China,
South Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, India, the United States, Canada
and Russia.
The ASEAN Economic
Ministers will also have joint meetings with the 26th ASEAN Free Trade Area
(AFTA) Council and the 15th ASEAN Investment Area (AIA) Council, it said.
Also, there
will be a consultation meeting between the ASEAN Economic Ministers and the
head of the World Intellectual Property Organization, it said.
Besides these meetings, there will be the
ASEAN-U.S. Business Summit and Cambodia’s Garment and Textile Expo.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
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