Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, this afternoon invited his Laos counterpart H.E. Sonexay Siphandone to attend the Siem Reap-Angkor Summit on a Mine-Free World to be hosted by Cambodia later this year.
The invitation was made known in a joint press conference between the two Premiers following their bilateral summit held in Vientiane, as part of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet’s two-day official visit in Laos.
“I have invited H.E. Sonexay Siphandone to attend the Siem Reap-Angkor Summit on a Mine-Free World to be held in November this year,” he said.
Regarding this summit, H.E. Ly Thuch, First Vice President of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) said recently that delegations of nearly 200 countries and territories would attend this important international event.
Cambodia has been elected by the 164 States Parties to chair and host the 5th Review Conference of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production, and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, known as the Ottawa Treaty – the Siem Reap-Angkor Summit on a Mine-Free World – in Siem Reap cultural province, said H.E. Ly Thuch.
The CMAA’s first vice president added that the Ottawa Treaty not only helps clear mines and ammunition but also prevents possible dangers to people caused by explosive remnants of war (ERW).
Cambodia has been appreciated for her success in mine clearance and war-ending efforts, bringing about peace and development to her people, underlined H.E. Ly Thuch.
