PHNOM PENH, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn will take part in the 22nd ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting (AEMM) to be held in Brussels, Belgium, on Jan. 21, a foreign ministry's statement said on Thursday.

"During the AEMM, the ASEAN Foreign Ministers and their EU's counterparts will discuss various areas of cooperation of common interest with a view to achieving a shared value of regional integration for peace, stability and prosperity," the statement said.

Prak Sokhonn, who is also a deputy prime minister, is scheduled to have a separate bilateral meeting with Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Didier Reynders and EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom during his stay in Brussels, the statement said.

The EU became ASEAN's Dialogue Partner in 1977 and the engagement of both regions since then has reached a significant height expanding over a range of cooperation areas including political, economic and trade, social and connectivity cooperation, the statement added.

Decades of partnership have seen a number of agreements signed that form a strong and solid basis for future direction of the two regions, according to the statement.