ACDFM-18: Cambodia underscores regional cooperation to cope with threats
Cambodia commits to enhancing cooperation within ASEAN and with ASEAN's dialogue partners to address security and humanitarian threats, including responding to disaster relief and transnational crime, Cambodian news agency AKP reported, quoting a Cambodian official as saying at the 18th ASEAN Chiefs of Defence Forces' Meeting (ACDFM-18).
Commander-in-chief Gen. Vong Pisen of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (Photo: AKP)
Phnom Penh (VNA) – Cambodia commits to enhancingcooperation within ASEAN and with ASEAN's dialogue partners to address security and humanitarian threats, including responding to disaster relief and transnational crime, Cambodian news agency AKP reported, quoting a Cambodian official as saying at the 18thASEAN Chiefs of Defence Forces' Meeting (ACDFM-18).
Addressing the meeting held via video conference on March18, Commander-in-chief Gen. Vong Pisen of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces(RCAF) also urged ASEAN states to continue the joint effort to address the COVID-19 pandemic by promoting vaccination among the people based on the humanitarian, equity and non-discrimination spirit.
He said he strongly believed that the ASEAN membercountries, especially the ASEAN armies, will continue to maintain their closeties and cooperation in order to maintain peace and development in the regionin the spirit of solidarity, friendship and cooperation.
The meeting, themed “We Care, We Prepare, We Prosper” andhosted by Brunei as the ASEAN Chair in 2021, highlighted the joint efforts of all ASEAN armies incombating various challenges and common threats in the region.
It ended with the adoption of a joint statement and thehandover of ACDFM Chairmanship to Cambodia which will be the Chair of ASEAN in2022./.
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Commander-in-chief Gen. Vong Pisen of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (Photo: AKP) 
