Monday, August 16, 2010

US steps up development talks

15/08/2010
Achara Ashayagachat
Bangkok Post

The United States is talking to international agencies and governments in the region in a bid to get its Mekong development programme off the ground.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Phuket in July last year about the US plans to expand its role in the lower Mekong region, comprising Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.

Richard Cronin of the Washington-based Stimson Centre, who works on recommendations for the programme, said he was talking to agencies from the lower Mekong countries and their governments. ''We are still in the process of coordinating when and how to get money into the programme,'' said Mr Cronin, who advises on non-traditional security issues such as fisheries, food security and water boundaries in the region.
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