Vietnam has highly valued the support of the Asian Peace and Reconciliation Council (APRC) and Chairman Surakiart Sathirathai to Asian governments in resolving disputes, said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh in his meeting with APRC Chairman Surakiart Sathirathai in Hanoi on August 13.

Deputy PM Minh also said that resolving regional and global disputes through peaceful means would contribute to peace and stability promotion in the region.

For his part, the APRC Chairman said he supported Vietnam’s peaceful solution to East Sea dispute, saying that as a non-governmental organisation, APRC would do its utmost to accelerate reconciliation and resolve disputes by peaceful means in Asia in general and in the East Sea in particular.-VNA