Mekong - U.S. Partnership
The Mekong-U.S. Partnership, launched in 2020, is an expansion of the Lower Mekong Initiative and advances its goal to create integrated sub-regional cooperation among Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam, with support from the United States.
Latest
Keynote Address for the Mekong-U.S. Partnership Track 1.5 Dialogue on Infrastructure and Energy
Joint Press Statement of the Friends of the Mekong “Recovery and Resilience”
Secretary Blinken’s Participation in the Friends of the Mekong Ministers’ Meeting
The Mekong-U.S. Partnership and the Friends of the Mekong: Proven Partners for the Mekong Region
Secretary Blinken’s Participation in the Mekong-U.S. Partnership Ministers’ Meeting
Mekong-U.S. Partnership (MUSP) Pathfinder Health Program
The Pathfinder Health Program helps Mekong sub-regional health authorities identify and respond to emerging infectious diseases. Pathfinder fellows will be eligible to submit proposals and receive funds for pilot research programs to help communities prevent disease emergence and spread. The Pathfinder program complements long-standing U.S. support for public health to Southeast Asia, including ongoing U.S. assistance to combat COVID-19 and is a prime example of non-traditional security programming.
Our Mission
The Mekong-U.S. Partnership seeks to encourage equitable, sustainable, and inclusive growth in the Lower Mekong Region.
MUSP seeks to meet regional development challenges by implementing capacity building projects and programs with active involvement and close cooperation of the governments in the Mekong region. Our goal is to deliver equitable, sustainable, and inclusive economic growth among the five MUSP partner countries by promoting connectivity and collaboratively addressing regional trans-boundary development and policy challenges.
Join the Conversation
We encourage you to join us on social media for updates, dialogue, and information about the work we do – comment with the #MekongUSPartnership hashtag.
We join our partners to highlight concerns raised by the @UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar about risks of future violence & atrocities across Burma, & what the int'l community can & should do to prevent such atrocities. https://go.usa.gov/xeUHB
The United States is deeply concerned by the recent violence in Honiara, Solomon Islands. We call on all parties to refrain from violence and engage in constructive, inclusive dialogue to seek a peaceful resolution to their differences. https://go.usa.gov/xePrF
Australia’s intention to declare Hizballah as a terrorist organization is an important step in limiting the group’s ability to finance, plan, and execute terrorist attacks. We applaud Australia for taking this step and encourage others to follow suit. https://go.usa.gov/xeUhG
.@USAsiaPacific Assistant Secretary Kritenbrink will be traveling to Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, and Bangkok from Nov. 27 to Dec. 4, where he will reaffirm our commitment to our allies and partners and discuss working together on today’s challenges. https://go.usa.gov/xeUhV
Looking forward to traveling to Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand and working together to tackle the global and regional challenges of the 21st century. -DJK https://www.state.gov/assistant-secretary-of-state-for-east-asian-and-pacific-affairs-daniel-j-kritenbrinks-travel-to-southeast-asia-november-27-to-december-4/
In the past year, the U.S. has announced several historic commitments to advance gender equality and eliminate gender-based violence. We will continue to take steps to prevent and respond to GBV as a human rights imperative. #IDEVAW https://www.state.gov/observance-of-international-day-for-the-elimination-of-violence-against-women-and-the-16-days-of-activism-against-gender-based-violence/
