Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong in a video message sent to the opening ceremony of the 41st AIPA General Assembly on September 8 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnameseleaders are to send messages to upcoming high-level meetings of the 75thsession of the UN General Assembly, spokeswoman of the Foreign Ministry Le ThiThu Hang said at a regular press conference on September 17.
She noted that the high-level events betweenSeptember 21 and October 2 will include a high-level general debate and othermeetings on the sidelines which will be held both online and offline at the UNheadquarters in New York.
Party General Secretary and State PresidentNguyen Phu Trong is set to deliver his message to the high-level general debateon September 24.
Before that, on September 21, Prime MinisterNguyen Xuan Phuc is expected to send a message to the high-level meetingcommemorating the 75th anniversary of the UN.
Meanwhile, a message from National AssemblyChairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan will be sent to the high-level meetingcelebrating the 25th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women onOctober 1.
On October 2, Deputy Prime Minister and ForeignMinister Pham Binh Minh will convey his message to the high-level event markingthe International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, accordingto the spokeswoman.
Hang emphasised that Vietnamese leaders sendingmessages to high-level meetings of the UN General Assembly’s 75th session aimsto affirm Vietnam as a responsible member with proactive participation in andactive and substantive contributions to the activities of the UN and theinternational community. It will also demonstrate the country’s attention tothe settlement of international and regional issues.
In particular, she added, this will be the firsttime the Party General Secretary and State President has sent a message to theUN General Assembly, and it will be the Vietnamese Party and State’shighest-level message on the country’s foreign policy./.
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