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The trip is made at the invitation of President of the Cambodian
National Assembly Samdech Akka Moha Ponhea Chakrei Heng Samrin who doubles as
Chairman of the APPF-27.
The APPF was established on March 15, 1993, with the purpose of
building trust among parliaments in the Asia-Pacific via the enhancement of
dialogues between regional parliamentarians, thus contributing to regional
peace, sustainability and prosperity.
It gathers 27 member parliaments: Australia, Cambodia, Canada,
China, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, Laos,
Malaysia, the Marshall Islands, Mexico, Micronesia, Mongolia, New Zealand,
Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Russia,
Singapore, Thailand, the US, and Vietnam.
Since becoming an APPF member in January 1995, the Vietnamese NA
has actively participated in all activities of the forum with the first most
special event being the hosting of the APPF-13 in January 2005 in Ha Long in
the northern province of Quang Ninh.
Through APPF meetings, Vietnam’s legislative body made proposals
and recommendations to step up coordination, contribute to maintaining peace,
stability, and prosperity in the region, while expanding the forum’s ties
with other inter-parliamentary organisations in the world.
At the APPF-26 in Hanoi from January 18-21, 2018, the Hanoi
Declaration was adopted, setting forth a new vision for parliamentary ties
towards 2030. It boosted the partnership between APPF and APEC to realize
Asian-Pacific people’s aspiration about a region of peace and development.
Under the theme "Strengthening parliamentary partnership for
peace, security, and sustainable development”, the APPF-27 will set priority
on the goal of safeguarding peace, security and sustainable development.
Through their attendance at the APPF-27, Vietnamese
parliamentarians continue performing their proactive involvement in
multilateral parliamentary diplomatic activities, thus heightening the
country’s role and position at this forum and joining in diplomatic efforts
for peace, cooperation and development.
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Source: NDO