The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) opened an annual security policy conference (ASPC) in the central city of Da Nang on May 19, under the chair of Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh of the host Vietnam.
The event drew representatives from 26 countries, the European Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat.
Participants discussed measures to promote ARF potential in solving non-traditional challenges to regional security and heard reports on national security policy voluntarily delivered by individual members.
Vietnam reported that as a founding member, the country has got fully engaged in the ARF, discharging its chair responsibilities during the 2000-01 term.
The country has worked closely with other ASEAN members to develop the ARF on track as a forum for dialogue on regional and security issues with ASEAN as core.
Efforts have been made to balance differences in the stances of member countries and gear ARF to peace, security, cooperation and development in Asia and the Pacific.
Vietnam ’s National Defence Ministry has worked closely with the Foreign Ministry for the country’s active participation in all ARF activities, attending most meetings and making contributions to drafting documents on ARF cooperation.
In the capacity of ARF chair for the 2009-10 term, Vietnam worked with India in holding meetings on more practical cooperation among ARF members in coping with non-traditional challenges to security, climate change and other fields in the interest of peace, stability and development in the region and the world as a whole.
ARF, established in Bangkok , Thailand , on July 25, 1994, is the principal forum for security dialogue in Asia .
It draws together 26 countries, which have a bearing of security of the Asian-Pacific region, and the European Union, including 10 ASEAN members and 10 ASEAN dialogue partners.
ASEAN groups Vietnam , Laos , Cambodia , Thailand , Myanmar , Indonesia , Malaysia , Singapore , the Philippines and Brunei .
The US , Japan , China , Russia , India , the Republic of Korea , Australia , New Zealand , Canada and the EU are ASEAN dialogue partners.
Other participants are Papua New Guinea , Mongolia , the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , Pakistan , Bangladesh , Sri Lanka and Timor Leste./.
The event drew representatives from 26 countries, the European Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat.
Participants discussed measures to promote ARF potential in solving non-traditional challenges to regional security and heard reports on national security policy voluntarily delivered by individual members.
Vietnam reported that as a founding member, the country has got fully engaged in the ARF, discharging its chair responsibilities during the 2000-01 term.
The country has worked closely with other ASEAN members to develop the ARF on track as a forum for dialogue on regional and security issues with ASEAN as core.
Efforts have been made to balance differences in the stances of member countries and gear ARF to peace, security, cooperation and development in Asia and the Pacific.
Vietnam ’s National Defence Ministry has worked closely with the Foreign Ministry for the country’s active participation in all ARF activities, attending most meetings and making contributions to drafting documents on ARF cooperation.
In the capacity of ARF chair for the 2009-10 term, Vietnam worked with India in holding meetings on more practical cooperation among ARF members in coping with non-traditional challenges to security, climate change and other fields in the interest of peace, stability and development in the region and the world as a whole.
ARF, established in Bangkok , Thailand , on July 25, 1994, is the principal forum for security dialogue in Asia .
It draws together 26 countries, which have a bearing of security of the Asian-Pacific region, and the European Union, including 10 ASEAN members and 10 ASEAN dialogue partners.
ASEAN groups Vietnam , Laos , Cambodia , Thailand , Myanmar , Indonesia , Malaysia , Singapore , the Philippines and Brunei .
The US , Japan , China , Russia , India , the Republic of Korea , Australia , New Zealand , Canada and the EU are ASEAN dialogue partners.
Other participants are Papua New Guinea , Mongolia , the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , Pakistan , Bangladesh , Sri Lanka and Timor Leste./.
