On 23 July 2024, His Excellency KUNG Phoak, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and ASEAN SOM Leader of Cambodia, attended the ASEAN Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) in preparation for the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting and Related Meetings to be held on 25-27 July 2024 in Vientiane, Lao PDR.