Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung attended the second ASEAN-US Summit,the 17th ASEAN-China Summit and the 17 th ASEAN+3 Summit in Nay PyiTaw, Myanmar, on November 13.
At these summits, leaders ofASEAN and its partners agreed to further their cooperation byimplementing the current action plans efficiently, accelerating economiclinks, trade and connectivity, narrowing development gaps andresponding soundly to emerging challenges.
ASEAN’s parnersstated that they placed importance to cooperation with the bloc,pledging continuous assistance to its Community building efforts andpost-2015 Vision implementation and support for ASEAN’s central role inboosting a regional cooperation architecture for the common goals ofpeace, security and development.
The leaders spent time debating regional and international issues of mutual concern, including the East Sea issue.
They affirmed that peace, stability, maritime and aviation safety,security and freedom are interests and concerns shared by countries inand outside the region.
Therefore, maritime and aviationsecurity, safety and freedom in the East Sea must be safeguarded,disputes need to be settled peacefully abiding by international law, theUN Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 (UNCLOS), and the Declarationon the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC), and a Code of Conductin the East Sea (COC) will soon be created, they emphasised.
With the regard to the issue, the Vietnamese PM called on the partiesconcerned to stringently observe international law, especially the 1982UNCLOS and article 5 of the DOC on exercising self-restraint to not takeany action that could further complicate and escalate tension or changethe status quo in the East Sea.
He declared that cooperationand prosperity could only happen favourably in the regional environmentwhere peace, security and stability are secured and strategic trustamong nations are reinforced, including strategic trust in ensuringmaritime and aviation security, safety and freedom.
Heappreciated the progress made during the recent consultation heldbetween ASEAN and China, including commitments to outlining concretemeasures and mechanisms to ensure DOC, especially its article 5, isobserved, and the establishment of a hotline to promote trust-building,prevent incidents and tentions and speed up negotiations for earlyformation of COC.
At the second ASEAN-US Summit, PM Nguyen TanDung suggested increasing consultancy between ASEAN economic ministersand the US trade representative, among other measures, with a view tocreating favorable conditions for the bloc, the US and other partners innegotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.
The summit adopted a joint statement on cooperation in dealing with climate change.
At the 17th ASEAN-China Summit, both sides reiterated theircommitments to intensifying the ASEAN-China strategic partnership.
Speaking at the event, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung spoke highly ofChina’s backing of ASEAN’s central role in the regional evolvingarchitecture and at forums founded by the bloc.
For thebilateral ties to grow firmly, he laid special stress on the need tobeef up efforts to create a peaceful, stable, secure and cooperativeenvironment in the region.
At the 17th ASEAN+3 (China, Japanand the Republic of Korea) Summit, the leaders renewed their pledges torespond to traditional and emerging non-traditional challenges andunderlined the necessity to follow common values and standards as wellas legal principles.
The Vietnamese PM proposed all the sidesimplement efficiently and comprehensively the statement on ASEAN+3Partnership on connectivity and a master plan on ASEAN connectivity toprovide a foundation for forging a broader and wider connection in termsof infrastructure and transport in East Asia, among other things.
Late on the day, ASEAN leaders met with the ASEAN Business AdvisoryCouncil to seek more contributions from the council in making policiesand speeding up the building of an ASEAN Community and regionalconnectivity.-VNA
At these summits, leaders ofASEAN and its partners agreed to further their cooperation byimplementing the current action plans efficiently, accelerating economiclinks, trade and connectivity, narrowing development gaps andresponding soundly to emerging challenges.
ASEAN’s parnersstated that they placed importance to cooperation with the bloc,pledging continuous assistance to its Community building efforts andpost-2015 Vision implementation and support for ASEAN’s central role inboosting a regional cooperation architecture for the common goals ofpeace, security and development.
The leaders spent time debating regional and international issues of mutual concern, including the East Sea issue.
They affirmed that peace, stability, maritime and aviation safety,security and freedom are interests and concerns shared by countries inand outside the region.
Therefore, maritime and aviationsecurity, safety and freedom in the East Sea must be safeguarded,disputes need to be settled peacefully abiding by international law, theUN Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 (UNCLOS), and the Declarationon the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC), and a Code of Conductin the East Sea (COC) will soon be created, they emphasised.
With the regard to the issue, the Vietnamese PM called on the partiesconcerned to stringently observe international law, especially the 1982UNCLOS and article 5 of the DOC on exercising self-restraint to not takeany action that could further complicate and escalate tension or changethe status quo in the East Sea.
He declared that cooperationand prosperity could only happen favourably in the regional environmentwhere peace, security and stability are secured and strategic trustamong nations are reinforced, including strategic trust in ensuringmaritime and aviation security, safety and freedom.
Heappreciated the progress made during the recent consultation heldbetween ASEAN and China, including commitments to outlining concretemeasures and mechanisms to ensure DOC, especially its article 5, isobserved, and the establishment of a hotline to promote trust-building,prevent incidents and tentions and speed up negotiations for earlyformation of COC.
At the second ASEAN-US Summit, PM Nguyen TanDung suggested increasing consultancy between ASEAN economic ministersand the US trade representative, among other measures, with a view tocreating favorable conditions for the bloc, the US and other partners innegotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.
The summit adopted a joint statement on cooperation in dealing with climate change.
At the 17th ASEAN-China Summit, both sides reiterated theircommitments to intensifying the ASEAN-China strategic partnership.
Speaking at the event, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung spoke highly ofChina’s backing of ASEAN’s central role in the regional evolvingarchitecture and at forums founded by the bloc.
For thebilateral ties to grow firmly, he laid special stress on the need tobeef up efforts to create a peaceful, stable, secure and cooperativeenvironment in the region.
At the 17th ASEAN+3 (China, Japanand the Republic of Korea) Summit, the leaders renewed their pledges torespond to traditional and emerging non-traditional challenges andunderlined the necessity to follow common values and standards as wellas legal principles.
The Vietnamese PM proposed all the sidesimplement efficiently and comprehensively the statement on ASEAN+3Partnership on connectivity and a master plan on ASEAN connectivity toprovide a foundation for forging a broader and wider connection in termsof infrastructure and transport in East Asia, among other things.
Late on the day, ASEAN leaders met with the ASEAN Business AdvisoryCouncil to seek more contributions from the council in making policiesand speeding up the building of an ASEAN Community and regionalconnectivity.-VNA
