The host country’s Prime Minister Hun Sen attended and delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the meeting.
During the four-day event, there will be senior officials’ meetings, aplenary session of ASEAN agro-forestry ministers and a ministerialmeeting between ASEAN and three dialogue partners, including China, theRepublic of Korea and Japan.
The meetings areexpected to further boost regional cooperation and draw out newdirections to accelerate intra-bloc integration and jointly addressingissues relating to agro-forestry.
Speaking at theopening ceremony, PM Hun Sen stated that food security is a sensitiveissue that requires each country’s efforts to seek solutions.
The Cambodian PM applauded regional countries’ efforts to strengthenagricultural cooperation, especially increasing investments ininfrastructure, technological transfer and technical support./.