PM Pham Minh Chinh arrives in Indonesia for ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the high-ranking delegation of Vietnam arrived at Jakarta capital of Indonesia at midday on April 23 (local time) to attend the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting at the invitation of the Chair of ASEAN in 2021, Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei.
PM Pham Minh Chinh arrives in Indonesia for ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting ảnh 1Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (centre) is welcomed at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport by staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia and Vietnam's permanent mission to ASEAN on April 23 (Photo: VNA)
Jakarta (VNA) –Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the high-ranking delegation of Vietnamarrived at Jakarta capital of Indonesia at midday on April 23 (local time) toattend the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting at the invitation of the Chair of ASEAN in2021, Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei.

Those welcoming thedelegation at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta includedrepresentatives of the Indonesia Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Vietnameseambassador to Indonesia, the ambassador and permanent representative of Vietnamto ASEAN, staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia.

The ASEAN Leaders’ Meetingtakes place amid the political instability in Myanmar since February 1 andcomplex developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in regional countries. Meanwhile,Vietnam successfully served as Chair of the bloc in 2020 and is currently anon-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and President ofthe council for April.

At this meeting, PM Chinh andother ASEAN leaders will discuss the Myanmar situation, the ASEAN Communitybuilding process, the response to COVID-19, and the bloc’s external relations.

The trip by the Vietnamese PMcontinues to affirm the country’s priority given to the enhancement ofsolidarity and mutual support among ASEAN members, thus helping to promote thegrouping’s centrality and stature in resolving emerging challenges and create apeaceful and favourable environment for the sustainable development of eachcountry, as well as the region as a whole./.
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