Singapore (VNA) – The 6th Fullerton Forum tookplace in Singapore from January 28 to 30, gathering nearly 100 defence officersand scholars from more than 20 countries to seek solutions to ensuringsecurity, safety and stability in the region.
The Vietnamese delegation was led by Director ofthe Institute for Defence Strategy Nguyen Duc Hai.
Opening the event, Defence Minister the Republicof Korea (RoK) Song Young-moo said 90 percent of global trade is conductedusing shipping routes, which shows that all countries around the world areclosely connected via oceans. About 40 percent of the global population livesin Asia-Pacific, which makes up 52 percent and 47 percent of the world’s GDPand trade, respectively. Regional countries need to be responsible for ensuringnavigation freedom in the region – the main centre of the global economy.
However, if dispute causes like territorialwaters disputes, crimes, terrorism, and marine pollution are not resolved, itwill be hard to ensure navigation freedom, he noted.
The minister added his country had proposedorganising a forum on peace and marine order in the Northeast Asian sea areaswith the participation of the navies of such countries as the RoK, the US,Japan, China, and Russia. It could be expanded to not only the entire East Asiabut also Western Asia.
At the forum, the Vietnamese officer highlyvalued the RoK’s initiative and shared the view that cooperation mechanismslike the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting and ASEAN Defence Ministers’ MeetingPlus are critical to addressing security challenges in the region, especiallynon-traditional security issues.
Countries need to ensure safety, security, andfreedom of navigation and aviation on the basis on international law, ensureinternational order with respect for law, not use or threaten to use force insolving international affairs.
Lt Gen. Nguyen Duc Hai stressed that growingnon-traditional challenges like cyber attacks have affected not only economybut also all fields, particularly security-defence. Therefore, countries shouldseek cooperation solutions as those challenges cannot be solved by a singlenation.
Issues under discussion at the Fullerton Foruminclude protection of interests and prevention of conflicts, terrorism andcounter-terrorism, management of marine security, and solutions for securitycooperation.-VNA
The Vietnamese delegation was led by Director ofthe Institute for Defence Strategy Nguyen Duc Hai.
Opening the event, Defence Minister the Republicof Korea (RoK) Song Young-moo said 90 percent of global trade is conductedusing shipping routes, which shows that all countries around the world areclosely connected via oceans. About 40 percent of the global population livesin Asia-Pacific, which makes up 52 percent and 47 percent of the world’s GDPand trade, respectively. Regional countries need to be responsible for ensuringnavigation freedom in the region – the main centre of the global economy.
However, if dispute causes like territorialwaters disputes, crimes, terrorism, and marine pollution are not resolved, itwill be hard to ensure navigation freedom, he noted.
The minister added his country had proposedorganising a forum on peace and marine order in the Northeast Asian sea areaswith the participation of the navies of such countries as the RoK, the US,Japan, China, and Russia. It could be expanded to not only the entire East Asiabut also Western Asia.
At the forum, the Vietnamese officer highlyvalued the RoK’s initiative and shared the view that cooperation mechanismslike the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting and ASEAN Defence Ministers’ MeetingPlus are critical to addressing security challenges in the region, especiallynon-traditional security issues.
Countries need to ensure safety, security, andfreedom of navigation and aviation on the basis on international law, ensureinternational order with respect for law, not use or threaten to use force insolving international affairs.
Lt Gen. Nguyen Duc Hai stressed that growingnon-traditional challenges like cyber attacks have affected not only economybut also all fields, particularly security-defence. Therefore, countries shouldseek cooperation solutions as those challenges cannot be solved by a singlenation.
Issues under discussion at the Fullerton Foruminclude protection of interests and prevention of conflicts, terrorism andcounter-terrorism, management of marine security, and solutions for securitycooperation.-VNA
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