On 25 September 2024, His Excellency SOK Chenda Sophea, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, met with His Excellency Jean-Noël Barrot, the newly appointed Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, on the sidelines of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The French Foreign Minister looks forward to meeting the Deputy Prime Minister at the 19th Francophonie Summit in Paris from 3 to 5 October 2024.