Vietnam successfully organises the virtual 36th ASEAN Summit in the context of complicated developments of COVID-19 (Source: VNA) Moscow (VNA) – Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Ngo Duc Manh, who isalso Chairman of the ASEAN Moscow Committee (AMC), chaired an AMC meeting onJuly 31 with the presence of ambassadors of all ASEAN member countries inRussia.
At the meeting, the second of its kind since the beginningof this year, Ambassador Manh updated participants on the COVID-19 preventionand control situation in Vietnam as well as activities taken by the country in2020 when it assumes the ASEAN Chair.
He also made some proposals to boost coordination within theAMC framework with Russian partners.
ASEAN countries’ ambassadors appreciated Vietnam’s role andefforts in leading the implementation of the grouping’s 2020 agenda, especiallythrough the successful organisation of the 36th ASEAN Summit in theonline format amid complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic.
They agreed that the unprecedented pandemic has had hugeimpact on people’s health and the healthcare system and caused great economiclosses for all countries in the world in general and ASEAN in particular.
The ASEAN diplomats, therefore, appreciated efforts made bythe Russian administration to control the disease and support ASEAN countries’diplomatic representative offices.
The ambassador agreed to organise a ceremony in celebrationof the ASEAN Day (August 8) in the online format./.
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