Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung. (Photo: VNA)Singapore (VNA) – Vietnamese Deputy Minister ofForeign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung attended a meeting in Singapore on April 26 toreview preparations for the 32nd ASEAN Summit which will take place inthe island country on April 27 and 28.
The ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting approved the summit’sschedule, agenda and a list of documents that will be submitted to leaders ofASEAN member states at the 32nd ASEAN Summit.
The officials highly spoke of excellent preparations ofthe host Singapore, saying they expect that this year’s summit will map outimportant directions to promote the bloc’s solidarity and unity, improveself-resilience and foster innovation-driven development in the ASEAN in theface of new opportunities and challenges.
Additionally, the ASEAN senior officials exchanged viewson issues of intra-ASEAN cooperation and cooperation between ASEAN and itspartners. To effectively implement the ASEAN Community Vision 2025, they agreedto strengthen coordination at both regional and national levels and promote therole of ASEAN coordinating and functioning bodies. They will also ramp upcommunication campaigns to raise awareness of the benefits of the ASEAN Communityamong their people.
They discussed the implementation of cooperation with partners in the timeahead with a focus on improving the effectiveness of existing cooperationmechanism and forums and enhancing cooperation on areas that are ASEAN’spriority. They emphasized the need to maintain a common stance between ASEANmember states and consolidate ASEAN’s centrality in cooperation with thesepartners.
The 17th ASEAN Political-Security CommunityCouncil (APSC) Meeting and the 21th ASEAN Coordinating Council (ACC) Meetingwill take place on April 27, on the threshold of the 32nd ASEANSummit.-VNA
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