(VOVworld) - Cooperation among the six countries that share the Mekong – Lancang River should focus on water management for their benefit and sustainable growth in the region, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh said at the second Mekong-Lancang Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh at the meeting (Photo: VOV)

The meeting, which opened on Thursday, aimed to discuss progress made after the first meeting in China in March and mapped out future orientations.

Mr. Minh said that the Mekong-Lancang cooperation mechanism should promote regional connectivity and support member countries in conducting major infrastructure projects.

A joint press communique was adopted at the end of the meeting. Participants also agreed that the next meeting would be slated for China in 2017.