Pleased that DPM Sok Chenda Sophea and our new Foreign Secretary Rt Hon David Lammy MP had the opportunity for a discussion in the margins of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers meeting. Senior level contacts like these are important in strengthening our partnership.
Delighted to see FS
@DavidLammy
meeting with H.E SOK Chenda Sophea, Minister of MFA, at the ASEAN meetings in Laos. It's a positive meeting,& the UK is eager to strengthen our relationship with 🇰🇭 to work towards our shared goals & mutual benefits for both countries & our people.
Following the UK's election on 4 July, British Ambassador
@DomWUK
explains some features of democracy in the UK 🇬🇧 and what a change in government means for officials in an independence civil service.
Watch the video below 👇
#UKKH
Last week, Mr. Kenn Especkerman-True, the FCDO's Regional Director in Economic and Trade Policy for South-East Asia, was in Cambodia to meet with key stakeholders to exchange views on Cambodia's macroeconomic outlook and to deepen the UK-Cambodia economic partnership.
We have just launched our £25m ASEAN-UK Health Security Programme 🏥.
It will support
@ASEAN
with prevention, detection, and response to health threats in the region, strengthening global security.
The UK is a proud Dialogue Partner of
@ASEAN
.
We are working together to boost prosperity, protect the environment and create opportunities for all our people.
Our trade with these nations is already worth nearly £47bn, and their importance will only grow.
Just had our
@ASEAN
–UK Post Ministerial Conference.
Thank you to Brunei Foreign Minister Dato Erywan Yusof for co-hosting. 🤝
Foreign Secretary
@DavidLammy
has a clear mission: reconnecting Britian with the world. “We are stronger when we work together”.
#ThrivingPartnership
First meeting between Foreign Secretary
@DavidLammy
& SecGen of ASEAN
@hourn_kao
at the
@ASEAN
Ministerial Meeting.
UK will continue to deepen this exciting Dialogue Partnership with ASEAN, driving growth & tackling climate change. Some fantastic new
#UKASEAN
scholarships too.
Amb
@DomWUK
receives Embassy’s newest vehicle from GM Land Rover Cambodia (and Chevening Alumni) Hum Sophoanvotey.
Embassy delighted to support RMA Group, official Land Rover dealers in Cambodia. Great also to see our Chevening Alumni reach high places & give back to Cambodia.
We had fruitful discussions with our ASEAN partners this month. The UK is committed to sharing expertise on tech, financial services & easing supply chain dependencies.
We look forward to deepening the UK-ASEAN relationship at the ASEAN Economic Ministers-UK Consultation in Sep.
Foreign Secretary
@DavidLammy
will announce during meeting with
@ASEAN
Foreign Ministers a £25 million UK-ASEAN partnership to tackle world’s most pressing global health challenges. Fund will help boost health security within ASEAN & UK
@SarahTiffinUK
Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr. Kao Kim Hourn today met with Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom David Lammy, at the sidelines of the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and Related Meetings in Vientiane, Lao PDR. SG Dr. Kao
Did you know that 25 July is
#WorldDrowningPrevention
Day?
Drowning is preventable – lifesaving actions include learning to swim, supervising children around water & wearing a lifejacket when travelling by water.
#UKKH
UK government strongly commits to maintaining graduate work visa scheme for international students who complete studies in the UK. 📚 🧑🏽🎓 🇬🇧
“…international students will always be welcome in this country…”
Full speech:
We called in to see friends in Battambang who are standing up for equality.
@BanteaySrei_NGO
are doing amazing work to tackle GBV & support gender equality and SafeSpaceBTB have a range of amazing creative initiatives to support & empower the LGBT community
#GenderEqualityNow
Looking forward to welcoming Foreign Secretary
@DavidLammy
on his first visit to Southeast Asia.
He will join
@ASEAN
meetings in Laos, reaffirming the UK’s commitment to our Dialogue Partnership with ASEAN.