Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
Washington, DC Tuesday, 07 September 2010

President Obama wished to work with regional leaders on issues such as “trade and investment, regional security, disaster management, food and energy security, and climate change.”

Prime Minister Hun Sen and other Asean leaders are slated to meet with US President Barack Obama at the end of the month, the White House said in a statement.

Obama will meet the leaders as a group at a US-Asean summit in New York Sept. 24, where Hun Sen could also meet with his Thai counterpart, Abhisit Vijjajiva, over the border dispute between the two neighbors.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Koy Kuong confirmed the meeting with the president, but he said it remains uncertain whether the Thai and Cambodian premiers will meet.