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Cambodian scholar highly values Vietnam’s role in cementing ASEAN solidarity

Vietnam has made active and responsible contributions to strengthening and expanding solidarity in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) over the past 28 years since it joined the group, a Cambodian expert has said.
Cambodian scholar highly values Vietnam’s role in cementing ASEAN solidarity ảnh 1Deputy Director of the Department of Asian, African, and Middle-East Studies Uch Leang (L) talks to Vietnam News Agency reporter (Photo: VNA)
Phnom Penh (VNA) - Vietnam has made active and responsiblecontributions to strengthening and expanding solidarity in the Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations (ASEAN) over the past 28 years since it joined thegroup, a Cambodian expert has said.

Talking to Vietnam News Agency, Deputy Director of the Department of Asian, African, and Middle-EastStudies under the International Relations Institute of Cambodia (IRIC) Uch Leang statedthat right after becoming an ASEAN member in 1995, Vietnam actively promoted theaccession of Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar to this regional organisation. Thoseefforts contributed to realising the idea of a bloc with 10 Southeast Asiancountries, thus creating a new transformation for the whole region.

Vietnam has also actively contributed to outlining the ASEANVision 2020, the ASEAN Charter, the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 and the MasterPlan on ASEAN Connectivity 2025, and the Roadmap for an ASEAN Community, along withmany other important agreements, especially on connectivity and narrowing thedevelopment gap between member states.

The Cambodian expert also spoke highly of Vietnam's push for the Treaty of Amityand Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC) to become a code of conduct for therelationship between ASEAN countries and those outside the region, as well as itsparticipation in the development and adoption of the ASEAN Outlook for theIndo-Pacific (AOIP), thereby helping shape the common stance of ASEAN and promoteappropriate cooperation on the basis of complying with ASEAN's values,principles and centrality.

Highlighting Vietnam's determination to solve challenges facingASEAN countries, he spoke highly Vietnam's capacity to respond to the COVID-19pandemic, especially the prompt implementation of the vaccination for people and rapidpost-pandemic economic recovery.

As the ASEAN chair in 2020, Vietnam worked closely with otherASEAN countries to promote smooth integration of the ASEAN community, andstayed ready for the implementation of active response measures to minimise theimpact of the pandemic, he went on.

Regarding the settlement of disputes in the East Sea,Vietnam has emphasised the stance of restraining, not complicating thesituation and settling disputes on the basis of international law, includingthe United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 1982 which, UchLeang said, has contributed to maintaining peace, security, and freedom ofnavigation and aviation in the sea./.
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