Ministers from Africa's largest trading bloc have urged African countries to ratify the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) and those that have not signed it to do so to promote intra-Africa trade.
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong will attend the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Retreat to be held on Jan. 27-28 in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
ASEAN ministers met here Tuesday to tackle the issue of illegal drugs in an effort to move towards a drug-free regional bloc by 2015.