The Vietnamese leader said the regionis seeing new and great opportunities in peace, cooperation, linkage anddevelopment, but still faces many challenges.
Hestressed that the EAS, as a forum of regional leaders, should thereforepromote its active and decisive role in ensuring peace, security anddevelopment cooperation in the region on the basis of complying withinternational law, building and sharing standards of conduct, andbuilding strategic trust.
The EAS needs to promoteits role as an important part of the regional architecture to guaranteethe above-mentioned objectives and step up cooperation in order tocreate momentum for the growth and development of the regional linkage,connectivity and integration, he said.
The PMsuggested ASEAN and the EAS put forth a development agenda and priorityobjectives in line with the UN’s new criteria.
Healso asked countries to increase efforts to prevent the proliferation ofnuclear weapons and other mass destructive ones, adding that Vietnamwill join the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) at an earlydate.
Regarding the East Sea issue, PM Dungemphasised the importance of ensuring peace, stability, security andtrust building in the East Sea, addressing disputes by peaceful means onthe basis of strictly abiding by international law, including the 1982UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982 UNCLOS).
He urged ASEAN and China to fully and effectively implement theDeclaration of the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) and worktowards the formation of a Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC).
At the summit, the leaders discussed EAS issues of strategicimportance in all aspects, including politics-security and developmentin the region.
They agreed that the EAS shouldcontinue to step up cooperation to ensure an environment of peace,stability and security in the region; expand linkage and connectivity;and strengthen cooperation in other priority areas such as finance,energy, education, epidemic and natural disaster management, and ASEANConnectivity.
The leaders applauded theimplementation of the East Asia Development Initiative and adopted theEAS Declaration on Food Security, which encourages responsibleinvestment in agricultural production, scientific and technologicalresearch in the farming sector, expand fishery management cooperation,and the sustainable management and use of water and forest resources.
They laid special emphasis on strengtheningcooperation in ensuring regional peace, stability and security,including maritime security, safety and freedom in the East Sea ,as well as in preventing and fighting pirates, search and rescue at sea,and maritime environment and security.
Theleaders highlighted the principle of solving disputes by peacefulmeasures in accordance with international law and the 1982 UNCLOS, andseriously implementing the DOC and other reached agreements in parallelwith the early formation of a COC.
They also agreedto speed up negotiations so that the Regional Comprehensive EconomicPartnership Agreement (RCEP) can be accomplished by 2015.-VNA