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ASEAN, Germany reaffirm commitment to spur cooperation

ASEAN and Germany renewed commitment to enhance cooperation under the framework of their development partnership, at the recent 6th ASEAN-Germany Development Partnership Committee (AG-DPC) Meeting held at the ASEAN Secretariat.
ASEAN, Germany reaffirm commitment to spur cooperation ảnh 1Participants at the 6th ASEAN-Germany Development Partnership Committee (AG-DPC) Meeting (Photo: https://asean.org/)
Jakarta (VNA) – ASEAN andGermany renewed commitmentto enhance cooperation under the framework of their development partnership, atthe recent 6th ASEAN-Germany Development PartnershipCommittee (AG-DPC) Meeting held at the ASEAN Secretariat.

After two years of hiatus due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, this annual meeting was resumed in the face-to-faceformat to review and sketch out orientations for the ASEAN-Germany partnership in the coming time.

Officials from ASEAN member nations and Germany noted that the long-standingASEAN-Germany partnership has expanded to cover a wide range of areas ofcooperation undertaken across the three pillars of the ASEAN Community.

Both sides also acknowledged the successful implementation of the ASEAN-GermanyPractical Cooperation Areas (PCA) 2018-2022 and looked forward to forgingstronger partnership under the new PCA 2023-2027 which was adopted at the meeting.

Participants highlightedthe importance of harnessing the full potential of ASEAN-Germany DevelopmentPartnership and the pursuit of cooperation in various areas of mutualinterests.

The two sides reaffirmed their commitments in addressing and mitigating theimpact of emerging global challenges on food security, supply chain resiliency,green economy, climate change, and disaster risk management. Both sides also sharedtheir views on regional and international issues of mutual concern./.
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