UN chief hails Vietnam’s cooperation

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has applauded Vietnam ’s cooperation and strong support for the organisation, especially the country’s efforts in the implementation of the One UN Initiative.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has applauded Vietnam’s cooperation and strong support for the organisation, especially thecountry’s efforts in the implementation of the One UN Initiative.

The UN chief made the praise at a meeting with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh in New York on Sept. 26.

He also hailed the results that Vietnam , ASEAN member nations andrelated countries have achieved in the implementation of the Declarationon the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC), saying he hopes thatthe parties will continue their endeavours for regional peace andsecurity.

Moon urged Vietnam to continueplaying an active role in other international and regional issues,including the UN meeting on sustainable development scheduled to takeplace next year.

For his part, FM Minh affirmed thatVietnam will continue to make contributions to issues of commonconcerns of the international community and the UN, striving for peaceand stability in the region.

Minh introducedVietnam ’s socio-economic development plan for the next five years andexpressed his wish that Vietnam will receive more support from UNbodies in the implementation of this plan.

On thesame day, FM Minh had separate meetings with his counterparts from theUS , China , Russia , Thailand , Kazakhstan , Canada andSlovakia .

In Minh’s meeting with Chinese ForeignMinister Jiang Jiechi, the two sides exchanged views on bilateralrelations in the recent past and discussed the promotion of therelationship between the two countries in the coming time.

Minh also held talks with the Directors General of the UN DevelopmentProgramme and the UN Population Fund, during which the directorscommitted to effectively deploy cooperation programmes with Vietnamduring the 2012-2016 period./.

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