Asian leaders call for further collaboration among Asian countries

KUWAIT -- The representative of Cambodia thanked Kuwait for its hosting of the first ACD Summit and valued Thailand's efforts over 10 years. He also welcomed the newest member to the Asian grouping, Afghanistan.
The cultural diverse continent, since its inception, has encouraged cooperation, he noted.
He said Cambodia welcomed the future countries who had offered to host future summits and activities for the forum including Pakistan, Iran, China, Thailand and Bahrain.
Cambodia succeeded in development over several areas, tackling challenges like energy prices, food security and human injustice. Asia needs to cooperate and work together for worldwide peace and stability.
According to UN Development Program (UNDP) figures, food prices will rise 20 percent due to the increasing dependency on energy used to generate this food, making it difficult to achieve our millennium goals.
He thanked Kuwait for its initiative that called Asian countries to allocate USD two billion to help development in non-Arab Asian countries, as well as its USD 300 million contribution to this new tool.
"There is a link between agriculture and energy production. We need to increase efforts to face climate change, which has affected agriculture, especially in Cambodia," he added.
The international community is divided on facing this, he said, adding it failed on the last occasions. Asia can help come with solutions on this, raising its recommendations to the UN.
On this, he proposed a crisis management body to be established by ACD. Similarly, the ASEAN had set up a body for humanitarian assistance to support its communities.
He also pledged his country's assistance to tourism in Asian countries, saying his country would aid other countries in the continent start their own tourism sector to be as successful as his own as it had with Bangladesh.
"We also have a number of plans on tackling poverty whereby we urge to support farmers and agriculture." (more) kt KUNA 171213 Oct 12NNNN

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