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Cambodia underlines ASEAN's centrality, unity

Cambodia on August 8 celebrated the 56th anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), stressing once again the imperative of maintaining the bloc's centrality and unity to deal with key challenges.
Cambodia underlines ASEAN's centrality, unity ảnh 1Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) –Cambodia on August 8 celebrated the 56th anniversary of the Association of Southeast AsianNations (ASEAN), stressing once again the imperative of maintaining the bloc'scentrality and unity to deal with key challenges.

Cambodian Deputy PrimeMinister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn said over the past decades, ASEANhas stood together to tackle a myriad of challenges in its journey to build aregion of peace, security, stability and development.

ASEAN will have a long andcomplex journey ahead, particularly as the world is going through intensegeo-political rivalries, he said in a speech at an event marking the ASEAN Day.

Sokhonn also said the ASEANcommunity is truly people-oriented and people-centered, leaving no one behind.

He said he is optimistic that ASEAN,under Indonesia's chairmanship and its theme "Epicentrum of GlobalGrowth", will continue to matter as it moves forward to implement thecommunity-building process, adding that the current goal is to make ASEAN aregional organisation that is resilient, robust, adaptive, inclusive,sustainable, and prosperous./.

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