Premier to visit Cambodia, attend leaders' meetings

Premier Li Keqiang will attend a series of leaders' meetings on East Asia cooperation and pay an official visit to Cambodia from Nov 8-13, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian announced at a regular news briefing in Beijing on Friday.

The visit, at the invitation of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, will be Li's first trip abroad since the COVID-19 pandemic started.

"Concerted efforts from all countries are needed to deal with growing security risks from food, energy and finance at a time when the world is faced with a sluggish economy and continued unrest in the security situation," Zhao said.