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US senators congratulate Vietnam on assuming ASEAN Chairmanship

Some US senators on January 15 congratulated Vietnam on assuming the Chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), an important multilateral organisation for advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific.
US senators congratulate Vietnam on assuming ASEAN Chairmanship ảnh 1Delegates to the ASEAN Defence Senior Officials' Meeting Plus Working Group pose for a group photo. (Photo: VNA)

Washington DC (VNA) – Some US senators on January 15 congratulated Vietnam on assuming the Chairmanship ofthe Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), an important multilateralorganisation for advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific.

The senators comprise Jim Risch and Cory Gardner from theRepublican Party, Bob Menendez from the Democratic Party, who is also Chairmanand a ranking member of the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee, and Ed Markey, also from the Democratic Party, Chairmanand a ranking member of the Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, andInternational Cybersecurity Policy.

In a press statement issued on the day, they alsothanked Thailand for its effective stewardship in 2019.

“We look forward to a fruitful year ofcollaboration that leads to concrete progress on the most critical issues forASEAN members and the entire Indo-Pacific region. The time is ripe to realisethe ASEAN Economic Community, build capacity in the industries of the future,and posture ASEAN as a driver of regional economic growth. ASEAN members,including Vietnam, have demonstrated a willingness to stand up for freedom ofnavigation and international law in the East Sea,” they said.

They expressed hope that Vietnam will exercisethis type of leadership and cooperating with its ASEAN partners on these issuesin the coming year, especially as ASEAN and China negotiate a Code of Conductin the East Sea (COC).

ASEAN is an important partner to the US, thesenators said, stressing their commitments to deepening this relationship,starting with the US-ASEAN Special Summit.

The senators said they look forward tosupporting the many promising US-ASEAN initiatives underway, including thoseauthorised by the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act./.
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