On the morning of 2 July, 2024, H.E. KUNG Phoak, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and ASEAN SOM Leader of Cambodia, received Professor Tetsuya Watanabe, President of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
During the courtesy call, the two sides acknowledged the impact of the rapid technological changes on regional supply chain and exchanged views on areas in which Cambodia and ERIA can work together in that context, both bilaterally and multilaterally through the ASEAN platform, such as trade and investment, digital economy, green economy, circular economy, sustainable development, artificial intelligence, and human resource development. H.E. KUNG Phoak highlighted that ERIA is well placed to engage both public and private sectors in Cambodia on these important areas of cooperation which underpin the development goals of Cambodia. 
H.E. KUNG Phoak also took the opportunity to thank ERIA's contribution to ASEAN Community building efforts, in particular, for Cambodia's ASEAN Chairmanship in 2022.

Photo Credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cambodia.