Phnom Penh (FN), Jan. 9 –The 6th Mekong-Lankan Cooperation Senior Officials Meeting has begun on Tuesday afternoon at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

The meeting was co-chaired by Sok Siphana, Cambodia's Senior Minister for Mekong-Lancang Cooperation and Huang Xilian, Deputy Director General of Department of Asian Affairs under the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the presence of four other ministers of the Mekong Region including Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Myanmar.

The Senior Officials Meeting today is a compromise before reaching the summit of the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation, which will begin on January 10, 2018.

The 2nd Mekong-Lancang Summit will be co-chaired by Cambodian Premier Hun Sen and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. The summit will also joined by Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith of Lao, Vice President Myint Swe of Myanmar, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha of Thailand, and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc of Vietnam.

The meeting will take place in Peace Palace, Phnom Penh under the theme “Our River of Peace and Sustainable Development”. The six leaders of Mekong-Lancang Cooperation will discuss on key issues to develop Mekong sub-region focusing on the commitment to maintaining peace, stability, sustainable development, and prosperity in Mekong sub-region.

The 2nd Mekong-Lancang Summit will also discuss cooperation focuses on socio-economic development of the sub-region, better people’s welfare, reduce development gap among ASEAN countries, and promote South-South cooperation in order to further contribute to the Implementation of the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

During the meeting, the four documents to be adopted include Phnom Penh Declaration of the 2nd Mekong-Lancang Cooperation Meeting; Five Years Action Plan of Mekong-Lancang Cooperation Meeting (2018-2022); List of 2nd Phase of Cooperation Project; and the Report on the Development of the Joint Working Groups on Six Priority Areas.
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