WORKING VISIT OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS SULTAN HAJI AHMAD SHAH AL-MUSTA'AIN BILLAH IBNI AL-MARHUM SULTAN ABU BAKAR RI'AYATUDDIN AL-MU'ADZAM SHAH, SULTAN OF PAHANG TO PHNOM PENH, KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA ON 24-26 MARCH 2011
On 24 March 2011, His Royal Highness Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta'ain Billah Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Abu Bakar Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mu'adzam Shah, Sultan of Pahang visited Phnom Penh for a 2-Day Working Visit. He was accompanied by HRH Crown Prince of Pahang, Prince Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah and Lt. Gen. Dato’ Azuddin Ahmad, Secretary General of the Football Association Malaysia (FAM). The visit was part of the lobby effort by HRH Sultan Pahang for the presidency in the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF).
During the visit, the Royal Delegation has paid a Courtesy Call on HRH King Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia and Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Subsequent to the visit, the 18th ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Congress held in Bangkok on 10 April 2011 had unanimously elected HRH Sultan Hj. Ahmad Shah as the new President of the AFF.