On the occasion of attending the 13th Meeting of the Joint Coordination Committee on the “Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area (CLV-DTA JCC) Co-chaired by Her Excellency CHAM Nimul, Minister of Commerce of Cambodia, in Attapeu Province, Lao PDR, from 26 February to 01 March 2024, His Excellency MEAS Kim Heng, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Chairman of the Security and Foreign Affairs Sub-committee of Cambodia, led the Cambodian Delegation to attend the 12th Security and Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee Meeting on Cambodia-Laos-Viet Nam Development Triangle Area (CLV-DTA). 

During the meeting in the field of security and foreign affairs, His Excellency Secretary of State highlighted the importance of cooperation among CLV countries including the prevention of human and drugs trafficking, illegal border crossing, Unexploded Ordnance clearance, and cooperation of local authorities in addressing challenges to promote trade, investment, infrastructure, tourism, agriculture and people-to-people connectivity in line with the spirit of the 11th Summit of CLV-DTA and the MoU toward the Formulation of the Special Preferential Policies for CLV-DTA. 

Worth noting that the 13th Ministerial Meeting of the Joint Coordination Committee on “CLV-DTA” agreed to conclude the draft Master Plan for Socio-Economic Development in the CLV-DTA up to 2030 for submission to 12th CLV-DTA Summit to be held in the Kingdom of Cambodia in late 2024 for review and adoption.

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