Cambodian deputy PM to attend 4th Lancang-Mekong Cooperation FMs' Meeting in Laos

Source: Xinhua| 2018-12-14 22:15:47|Editor: xuxin
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PHNOM PENH, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong will attend the fourth Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Foreign Ministers' Meeting to be held on Dec. 16-17 in Luang Prabang, Laos, a Cambodian foreign ministry statement said Friday.

The meeting, which will be held under the theme "Enhancing Partnership of Shared Prosperity", aims to review the progress of the implementation of the Five-Year Plan of Action of the LMC (2018-2022), the statement said.

It is also to discuss the future direction of this cooperation for sustainable development in the Mekong Subregion, it added.

At the conclusion, the fourth LMC Foreign Ministers Meeting is expected to adopt two documents, the statement said.

One is the joint press communique of the meeting, and the other is the progress report of the year 2018 on implementing the LMC Five-Year Plan of Action, it said.

Initiated by China in 2014, the LMC consists of six countries -- China, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. It focuses on five priority areas of cooperation, namely connectivity, production capacity, cross-border economic cooperation, water resources management, agriculture and poverty reduction.

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