UK’s Asean ambassador visits Cambodia

CDC secretary-general Sok Chenda Sophea and the UK delegation are seen in Phnom Penh during their visit on April. - JON LAMBE VIA TWITTER

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): Two senior British diplomats are paying a two-day official visit aiming to build stronger ties with Cambodia, which holds the chairmanship of Asean for 2022, according to the UK embassy in Phnom Penh.

UK ambassador to Asean Jon Lambe and Joelle Jenny – director for South-East Asia and the Pacific at Britain’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office – will be meeting several secretaries of state from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Ministry of Commerce, and Asean Senior economic officials.