As chair of Asean, Cambodia promotes Korean peace talks
In its capacity as Asean chair, Cambodia has said it wants to help lessen tensions on the Korean peninsula by trying to revive the six-party talks on North Korean denuclearization and by inviting North Korea to join the Asean Ministerial Meeting in Phnom Penh in July. At a meeting in Siem Reap on Wednesday, Asean foreign ministers discussed “the uncertainty and the delicate situation on the Korean peninsula” following the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il last month, the Cambodian Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement…
