Mekong - U.S. Partnership
Lower Mekong Initiative Ministerial Meetings to Accelerate Economic Growth in the Sub-region
The Foreign Ministers of the Lower Mekong Countries and the U.S. Secretary of State, met at the Sixth Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) Ministerial Meeting in Bandar Seri Begawan on 1 July 2013. The meeting was also attended for the first time by H.E. Le Luong Minh, Secretary-General of ASEAN.The Ministers discussed the several challenges facing…
NEWS: Thai Push Development at Mekong Basin Talks
Bandar Seri Begawan {The Nation/ ANN} -- Thailand made another push for development projects in the Mekong River basin when foreign ministers of five countries in the region sat together with counterparts from dialogue partners.Foreign Minister Surapong Towichukchaikul yesterday and Sunday joined a series of meetings with counterparts from the basin as well as from…
NEWS: Vietnam Attends Lower Mekong Meetings
A Vietnamese delegation led by Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh attended the Ministerial Meeting of the Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) and the Friends of the Lower Mekong (FLM) Ministerial Meeting in Brunei on July 1.Under the theme “Opportunities and Challenges on Connectivity and Environment”, the LMI meeting discussed challenges to regional development and proposals for…
Press Release: Third Friends of the Lower Mekong (FLM) Ministerial Meeting
On July 1, the Third Friends of the Lower Mekong (FLM) Ministerial Meeting was held in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam from 7:00 p.m. for approximately one hour. From Japan, Mr. Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs, attended the meeting. An overview of the meeting is as follows.After the meeting, a Joint Ministerial Statement was…
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s Press Availability in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon. Let me first thank His Majesty, the Sultan, and the people of Brunei for hosting us all here at this forum. It’s wonderful to be back for my second visit to the region as Secretary of State.And as I said in April in Tokyo, President Obama has made, I think, a…
Joint Statement: Sixth LMI Ministerial Meeting
On July 1, 2013, the Foreign Ministers of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam, and the U.S. Secretary of State and the Secretary-General of ASEAN met in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam for the 6th Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) Ministerial Meeting.Ministers endorsed LMI as a forum through which to address complex, transnational development…
Remarks with USAID Deputy Administrator Greg Beck at the Lower Mekong Initiative Ministerial Meeting
SECRETARY KERRY: Well, everybody’s presence here underscores the very important link between the work with the Lower Mekong Initiative and ASEAN. And so I want to thank Brunei Darussalam for hosting us at the sixth Lower Mekong Initiative Ministerial Meeting. And I’m grateful to all of you for taking time to be here and all of…
Fact Sheet: 2013 U.S. Engagement in the Lower Mekong Initiative
On July 1, Secretary of State John Kerry led the United States’ delegation to the Sixth Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) Ministerial Meeting in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam. LMI is the region’s only forum for addressing cross-border development and policy challenges facing the five Lower Mekong partner countries. LMI holds three official events and many…
Third Friends of the Lower Mekong Ministerial Meeting Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam Joint Ministerial Statement
On July 1, 2013, the Foreign Ministers of Australia, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, the High Representative of the European Union, the Secretary General of ASEAN, and senior representatives of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank joined the U.S. Secretary of State and Foreign Ministers of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand,…
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Upgraded LMI Website Launched!
Welcome to the Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) upgraded website! The upgraded website is designed to serve as LMI's knowledge management center in order to help address complex, transnational development, and policy challenges in the Lower Mekong sub-region. The LMI website along with its Twitter and Facebook sites feature the latest developments under LMI including news,…
