Angela Corcoran

Angela Corcoran is the Chargé d'Affaires to Myanmar[1] and former Australian Ambassador to Cambodia,[2] having held the post from 2016 to the end of 2019.[3][4]

Angela Corcoran

Corcoran has been part of a controversy concerning a champagne toast with Cambodian Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn in 2017.[5][6]

On November 28, 2019, Corcoran told Cambodian Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn that Australia is “committed to strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries” which includes continuing financial assistance on top of the $1 billion from 1992 to 2018.[2]

References

  1. "Chargé d'Affaires to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar". Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  2. Narim, Khuon (29 November 2019). "Australia remains committed to aiding Kingdom". Khmer Times. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  3. "Ambassador to Cambodia". 2 March 2016. Archived from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  4. Burgess, Katie (17 December 2019). "Career diplomats clean up in end-of-year appointment spree". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  5. Murdoch, Lindsay (19 October 2017). "More champagne: Australia upgrades ties with Cambodia autocracy". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  6. Murdoch, Lindsay. "Australia blames Cambodia for 'unfortunate' champagne toast". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 March 2020.


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