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The second Mekong-US Partnership (MUSP) Ministerial Meeting was held on August 3, 2021 in virtual format and was co-chaired by Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The ASEAN Secretary-General was also in attendance. There was acknowledgement among the MUSP Member States (Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and the US) on the future of sustainable and socio-economic development in the Mekong sub-region through the Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) cooperation. The MUSP agenda is focused on development issues in the lower Mekong region and aims to “encourage equitable, sustainable, and inclusive growth” through capacity building projects...
