Vietnam has made important contributions to implementing ASEANpriorities and strengthening regional connectivity at the 20 th ASEANSummit and ministerial meetings.
The statement was made byForeign Minister Pham Binh Minh in an interview granted to the press onApril 4 as Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and the high-rankingVietnamese delegation left Phnom Penh , Cambodia , after attendingthe 20th ASEAN Summit and related meetings.
At the meetings,the Vietnamese delegation made proposals on strengthening consensusamong the group on building the ASEAN Community based on three pillars:politic-security, economic and socio-cultural pillars, and heighteningthe “culture of implementation” to effectively carry out the roadmap tothe ASEAN Community by 2015 and the master plan on ASEAN connectivity,Minh said.
Together with other ASEAN countries, Vietnamemphasised that the group needs to effectively promote tools andmechanisms for politic-security cooperation in the region such as theTreaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC), the Southeast AsianNuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ), the Declaration on the Conduct ofParties in the East Sea (DOC), the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) and theASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting plus (ADMM+), thus contributing topromoting peace, security and cooperation in the region.
Vietnam supported the increase of ASEAN coordinated stance atinternational forums and proposed to institutionalise ASEAN’sparticipation in G20, he added.
On the East Sea issue, Vietnamunderlined that ASEAN needs to unite, be active in promoting peace,stability, security and maritime safety in the East Sea, solve disputesthrough peaceful measures, respect international laws, especially the1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and fully implement the DOC,the Foreign Minister said.
The group should complete componentsof the Code of Conducts (COC), serving the start of consultations on theCOC between ASEAN and China .
Regarding the Mekong River,Vietnam stressed the necessity for tapping and using Mekong waterresources in a proper and sustainable manner for the benefits of peopleand sustainable development of countries along the river, particularlylower-basin countries./.
The statement was made byForeign Minister Pham Binh Minh in an interview granted to the press onApril 4 as Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and the high-rankingVietnamese delegation left Phnom Penh , Cambodia , after attendingthe 20th ASEAN Summit and related meetings.
At the meetings,the Vietnamese delegation made proposals on strengthening consensusamong the group on building the ASEAN Community based on three pillars:politic-security, economic and socio-cultural pillars, and heighteningthe “culture of implementation” to effectively carry out the roadmap tothe ASEAN Community by 2015 and the master plan on ASEAN connectivity,Minh said.
Together with other ASEAN countries, Vietnamemphasised that the group needs to effectively promote tools andmechanisms for politic-security cooperation in the region such as theTreaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC), the Southeast AsianNuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ), the Declaration on the Conduct ofParties in the East Sea (DOC), the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) and theASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting plus (ADMM+), thus contributing topromoting peace, security and cooperation in the region.
Vietnam supported the increase of ASEAN coordinated stance atinternational forums and proposed to institutionalise ASEAN’sparticipation in G20, he added.
On the East Sea issue, Vietnamunderlined that ASEAN needs to unite, be active in promoting peace,stability, security and maritime safety in the East Sea, solve disputesthrough peaceful measures, respect international laws, especially the1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and fully implement the DOC,the Foreign Minister said.
The group should complete componentsof the Code of Conducts (COC), serving the start of consultations on theCOC between ASEAN and China .
Regarding the Mekong River,Vietnam stressed the necessity for tapping and using Mekong waterresources in a proper and sustainable manner for the benefits of peopleand sustainable development of countries along the river, particularlylower-basin countries./.
