Delegates at the CEPPP (Photo: VNA) Director for Defence Cooperation in the Indo - Pacific Region at Japan’s Ministry of DefenceMatsuzawa Tomoko, who is also the co-chairof the PKO-EWG, thanked the Vietnamese side for the warm welcome for theJapanese delegation as well as other international delegations.
The CEPPP is an activity under the ASEAN Defence Ministers’Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus) Experts’ Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations (PKO-EWG)Cycle 4, which is taking place on September 13-21.
Matsuzawa Tomoko said that Vietnam and Japan have workedtogether for three years to achieve targets of the current cycle. Thanks to theactive cooperation from Vietnam and member countries, the two sides havesuccessfully organised many important activities, noted the Japanese official,expressing her gratitude to consultations and support from UN experts andassistance from member countries.
Highlighting the overall purpose of the CEPPP in fosteringthe partnership among member countries during performing mission within theframework of the UN peacekeeping operations at the tactical level, the officialsaid that Japan and Vietnam have focused on ensuring the practicality of theactivities and the integration of viewpoints regarding gender equality.
Matsuzawa Tomoko underlined the achievements that the twosides have gained in promoting the role of women in peace and security, which isone of the major targets of the current cycle.
At the opening ceremony of the CEPPP on September 13 (Photo: VNA) Expressing her confidence in the engagement and contributions of Vietnam, Matsuzawa Tomoko said she believes that the programmewill complete all of its targets, contributing to strengthening thecollaboration among all ADMM-Plus member states.
She also called for all ADMM-Plus members to work togetherto achieve all CEPPP goals.
The CEPPP, drawing nearly 300 experts, trainees and observers fromADMM-Plus member countries, is the last activity of the PKO-EWG Cycle 4 withinthe framework of the ADMM-Plus.
The co-hosting of the CEPPP has shown Vietnam’s role andresponsibility in multilateral and bilateral cooperation mechanisms in the fieldof UN peacekeeping operations within the ADMM-Plus framework. Through theactivity, Vietnam hopes to make contributions to the enhancing of efficiency ofUN peacekeeping operations by ADMM-Plus member states./.
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