PHNOM PENH, Nov 21 (Bernama) -- Cambodia on Wednesday pinned the
government's honourable medal decoration to Asean Secretary General
Surin Pitsuwan for his efforts to develop ties between Asean and
Cambodia.
Surin was bestowed one of the country's highest decorations -- the
Grand Cross of the Sahakmetrey Order, reports China's Xinhua news
agency.
Cambodian Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh, on behalf of the government, awarded the decoration to him.
Surin will complete his term as secretary-general of Asean on Dec 31,
2012, Kao Kim Hourn, Cambodian secretary of state at the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, said last Sunday.
Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Le Luong Minh will be his successor
as the next secretary-general of Asean for a new 2013- 2017 term.
The award was made just a day after Cambodia successfully hosted the 21st Asean Summit and related Summits on Nov 18-20.
The Summits were attended by the leaders of the ten-member Asean and
eight Asean's dialogue country leaders including US President Barack
Obama, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak,
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, New Zealand Prime
Minister John Key, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
-- BERNAMA
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