CGTN published this video item, entitled “ASEAN foreign ministers meet on the heels of Pelosi’s Asia tour” – below is their description.
The 55th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting is taking place in Phnom Penh, Cambodia this week amid great uncertainty in the region. The 10-member ASEAN invited other countries to the meeting, which was initially aimed at responding to regional challenges, such as the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, economic recovery, geopolitical competition, and increasing ASEAN’s connectivity, centrality and resilience. But things are getting ever more complicated with the latest events regarding tensions across the Taiwan Strait and China-U.S. relations. So, what’s the significance of the meeting? And how can ASEAN step up sustainability?
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In This Story: Cambodia
Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is 181,035 square kilometres (69,898 square miles) in area, bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the northeast, Vietnam to the east and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest.
The sovereign state of Cambodia has a population of over 15 million. Buddhism is enshrined in the constitution as the official state religion, and is practised by more than 97% of the population. Cambodia’s minority groups include Vietnamese, Chinese, Chams and 30 hill tribes.
The capital and largest city is Phnom Penh. The kingdom is an elective constitutional monarchy with a monarch chosen by the Royal Council of the Throne as head of state. The head of government is the Prime Minister.
Cambodia gained independence from France in 1953. The United Nations designates Cambodia as a least developed country.
