Vietnam calls for end to hostilities, peaceful solutions to Ukraine issue

Vietnam has made an urgent appeal to the parties concerned in the Ukraine conflict for ending hostilities, avoiding acts of escalating tensions, and resuming dialogue to seek comprehensive, satisfactory, and durable peaceful solutions to differences.
Vietnam calls for end to hostilities, peaceful solutions to Ukraine issue ảnh 1Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, addresses the UN General Assembly's emergency special session on Ukraine on February 22. (New York time). (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam hasmade an urgent appeal to the parties concerned in the Ukraine conflict forending hostilities, avoiding acts of escalating tensions, and resuming dialogueto seek comprehensive, satisfactory, and durable peaceful solutions todifferences.

Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang,Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, attended the UNGeneral Assembly’s emergency special session on Ukraine on February 22, oneyear since the conflict broke out.

In his remarks, Giang voiced concernsabout the situation in Ukraine over the past year, recent worryingdevelopments, and the conflict’s consequences, including heavy human andproperty losses, and negative impacts on the region and the world as well as commonefforts to promote international cooperation and respond to global challenges.

He underlined the need to comply withinternational law and the UN Charter, especially the fundamental principles ofrespecting independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity, and not usingor threatening to use force.

Vietnam urgently appeals to theparties concerned to end hostilities, avoid acts that escalate tensions, andresume dialogue and negotiations to seek comprehensive, satisfactory, anddurable peaceful solutions to differences in conformity to and with respect forinternational law and the UN Charter, with the legitimate interests andconcerns by the relevant parties taken into account, for the sake of regionaland global peace and stability, the diplomat said.

Giang added Vietnam holds that theinternational community should increase safeguarding security and safety forpeople, ensure conflict-hit people’s urgent needs are met, and protect andmaintain civilian facilities, especially the infrastructure essential forpeople’s life.

He also highlighted the country’sappeal to the UN, countries, and international organisations and partners tocontinue augmenting efforts to deliver assistance to conflict-hit people and tosupport the UN and the UN Secretary-General’s roles and efforts in seekingsolutions.

Vietnam is ready to makecontributions within its capacity to diplomatic, reconstruction, recovery, andaid provision efforts in Ukraine, according to the ambassador.

The emergency special session will go on February 23 (New York time) to continue listening to member states’opinions and consider a draft UN General Assembly resolution on the principlesof the UN Charter on comprehensive, just, and lasting peace in Ukraine./.
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