Cambodia-ASEAN/FMs Meeting/Update

Shotlist

Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Aug 1-3, 2022 (CCTV – No access Chinese mainland)
1. Sign reading “ASEAN Cambodia 2022” in English
2. Various of exterior of venue of 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, banners, posters
3. Meeting in progress
4. Various of Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen delivering speech, attendees
5. Various of officials standing on stage, posing for photos
6. Various of meeting in progress, performances
7. Cambodian national flags
8. Various of residents

Storyline

The 55th ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and related meetings opened in Phnom Penh of Cambodia on Wednesday, with a focus on post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery and key regional and global challenges.

Cambodia is the chair of ASEAN for 2022, which groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said the post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery, regional security, Myanmar issue, the war in Ukraine, and climate change, among others, would be high on the agenda during the meetings.

ASEAN needs to exert its utmost care to ensure that its unity remains strong and its centrality is respected, he said.

Hun Sen said it is necessary for all ASEAN member states to pool collective efforts and combine a sense of “togetherness” to tackle the above-mentioned issues in the most effective way possible.

“Cambodia emphasizes our stance in ‘unity for cooperation’ and not in ‘unity for confrontation’. We strive to focus on issues that bind us rather than those that divide us,” he said.