Illustrative photo (Source: asiapacific.ca) Hanoi (VNA) - Chair statements of the recent virtual summits of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have reaffirmed international support for efforts to foster lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula, the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s foreign ministry said.
The three statements were issued late last week after the RoK-ASEAN Summit, the ASEAN Plus Three Summit involving the RoK, China and Japan, and the East Asia Summit took place from November 12-14, all in the form of video conference.
The statements noted progress in the peace process on the peninsula, reiterated the importance of "sustainable" dialogue and called for the implementation of 2018 peace agreements between the RoK and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and between the US and the DPRK.
The chairman's statement of the ASEAN Plus Three Summit laid stress on the importance of continued sustainable peaceful dialogue amongst all concerned parties in order to achieve peace and stability in a denuclearised Korean Peninsula.
It urged all parties concerned to resume peaceful dialogue and continue working constructively towards the goals of lasting peace and stability in a denuclearised Korean Peninsula.
The statement also reiterated the summit's commitment to the full implementation of UN Security Council resolutions and noted the importance of international efforts to bring about the "complete, verifiable and irreversible" denuclearisation of the peninsula.
The chairman's statement of the RoK-ASEAN Summit noted that ASEAN leaders welcomed the RoK’s New Southern Policy Plus, an upgraded version of its signature regional foreign policy initiative designed to deepen economic and diplomatic ties with ASEAN and India./.
