Secretary General of the Cambodian National Assembly Leng Peng Long (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – 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.
In an interview
granted to Vietnam News Agency correspondents in Cambodia on September 4 on the
threshold of the event slated for September 8-10, Leng Peng Long stressed the necessity
for parliaments to issue policies dedicated to youths so as to create
favourable conditions for them to get engaged in the national development
cause.
He highly
valued the host’s idea to continue discussions on the COVID-19 pandemic during
this event.
According to him,
although ASEAN organised two meetings to seek measures in response to the
pandemic, including this content in the AIPA 41 agenda is still urgent as all
Southeast Asia countries have been hit hard, but yet to find out a radical
solution to deal with difficulties caused by the pandemic.
He suggested AIPA
member parliaments to seek common solutions as AIPA is a legal mechanism of ASEAN
and needs to help the bloc effectively cope with complicated developments of
the disease.
Regarding
Cambodia-Vietnam parliamentary cooperation, Leng Peng Long affirmed that the
cooperation remains close amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
The Cambodian NA is
completing procedures to receive aid worth 25 million USD from the Vietnamese
side to build its office, he stated, adding that in May, 30,000 face masks of
Vietnam were sent to Cambodia’s NA and Senate, thus meeting the country’s
urgent demand./.
VNA