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ASEAN should maintain balanced, harmonious approach to partners: FM Son

Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on February 4 emphasised the need for ASEAN to maintain a balanced and harmonious approach to its partners, promote the effectiveness and value of ASEAN-led mechanisms, and better the building of mutual trust and understanding for cooperation in response to emerging issues.
ASEAN should maintain balanced, harmonious approach to partners: FM Son ảnh 1Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son (C) attends ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat (Photo: VNA)
Jakarta (VNA) - Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son onFebruary 4 emphasised the need for ASEAN to maintain a balanced and harmoniousapproach to its partners, promote the effectiveness and value of ASEAN-ledmechanisms, and better the building of mutual trust and understanding for cooperationin response to emerging issues.

Addressing the  in Jakarta,Indonesia, Son said that initiatives in the region should come from thegoodwill of cooperation, complementarity and reciprocity to ASEAN-ledmechanisms, thus contributing to the common goal of peace, security, stabilityand development.

Sharing common concerns about unpredictable regional andinternational fluctuations, the Vietnamese minister stressed that ASEAN needsto maintain solidarity, self-reliance and flexible adaptation, strengtheninternal resources, and promote its centrality.

He reaffirmed the importance of maintaining peace,stability, security and safety of navigation and aviation in the East Sea, emphasisingthe necessity for the group to strengthen its principle stance, and upholdinternational law and the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea(UNCLOS), towards a rules-based regional maritime order, and effectivelyprotecting the legitimate interests of all coastal states.

On this occasion, Son announced Vietnam's plans to hold severalmeetings within the ASEAN-China framework on the implementation of theDeclaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC), as well as the Republic ofKorea Day in ASEAN.

Regarding the Myanmar issue, he shared the view that Myanmarpeople should solve the Myanmar issue, and it is essential for ASEAN to effectivelyimplement the five-point consensus to help the nation overcome difficulties.

He also expressed his belief thatIndonesia, as the ASEAN Chair in 2023, and Redno Marsudi, as the Special Envoyof the ASEAN Chair on Myanmar, will be successful in leading the implementationof this consensus./.
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