Singapore, 15 October 2026 — H.E. Keo Sothie, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPTC) of Cambodia, co-chaired the 7th ASEAN-U.S. Cyber Policy Dialogue with Joshua Young, Senior Bureau Official of the Bureau of Emerging Threats at the U.S. Department of State, and Lloyd Freeman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the same bureau.

The dialogue was held alongside the 11th Singapore International Cyber Week (SICW) and the 11th ASEAN Ministerial Conference on Cybersecurity (AMCC).

The meeting brought together the Cambodian delegation, including representatives from MPTC, H.E. San Chanrithy, Secretary of State at the Office of the Council of Ministers and Deputy Secretary General of the General Secretariat of the Digital Security Committee, and representatives of the Ministry of Interior, representatives from ASEAN Member States, the ASEAN Secretariat, and the United States also participated.

The dialogue aimed to strengthen mutual understanding and cooperation between ASEAN and the United States in addressing regional and international cyber threats. Discussions focused on updates to cybersecurity policies, efforts to prevent and combat cybercrime and online scams, cybersecurity capacity-building, and enhanced cooperation between the public and private sectors.

During the dialogue, the MPTC delegation shared Cambodia’s ongoing efforts to strengthen cybersecurity and protect critical information infrastructure. The delegation also emphasized the importance of deepening cooperation between ASEAN Member States and the United States in four priority areas – cyber threat information sharing, cyber incident response coordination, critical infrastructure protection and cybersecurity capacity-building.

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