AIPA 41: Cambodian NA Secretary General appreciates Vietnam’s initiatives
Secretary General of the Cambodian National Assembly Leng Peng Long has appreciated Vietnam’s initiative to put the discussion of the establishment of a young parliamentary committee on the agenda of the upcoming 41st ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) General Assembly.
Secretary General of the Cambodian National Assembly Leng Peng Long (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Secretary General of the Cambodian National AssemblyLeng Peng Long has appreciated Vietnam’s initiative to put the discussion ofthe establishment of a young parliamentary committee on the agenda ofthe upcoming 41st ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) GeneralAssembly.
In an interviewgranted to Vietnam News Agency correspondents in Cambodia on September 4 on thethreshold of the event slated for September 8-10, Leng Peng Long stressed the necessityfor parliaments to issue policies dedicated to youths so as to createfavourable conditions for them to get engaged in the national developmentcause.
He highlyvalued the host’s idea to continue discussions on the COVID-19 pandemic duringthis event.
According to him,although ASEAN organised two meetings to seek measures in response to thepandemic, including this content in the AIPA 41 agenda is still urgent as allSoutheast Asia countries have been hit hard, but yet to find out a radicalsolution to deal with difficulties caused by the pandemic.
He suggested AIPAmember parliaments to seek common solutions as AIPA is a legal mechanism of ASEANand needs to help the bloc effectively cope with complicated developments ofthe disease.
RegardingCambodia-Vietnam parliamentary cooperation, Leng Peng Long affirmed that thecooperation remains close amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
The Cambodian NA iscompleting procedures to receive aid worth 25 million USD from the Vietnameseside to build its office, he stated, adding that in May, 30,000 face masks ofVietnam were sent to Cambodia’s NA and Senate, thus meeting the country’surgent demand./.
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Secretary General of the Cambodian National Assembly Leng Peng Long (Source: VNA) 
