Participants at the event (Photo: http://asean.org)The event, the third of its kind, was co-chaired byAmbassador Nguyen Hoanh Nam, head of the Vietnamese delegation to the ASEAN,and Pablo Uria, head of the Bilateral Economic Relations Department of theMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Chile.
Addressing the event, Ambassador Nguyen Hoanh Nam lauded thegrowing ties between the two organizations as well as PA’s commitments instrengthening relations with ASEAN and the region.
As the coordinator of the ASEAN-PA relations for 2017, Vietnamwill exert every effort to bolster affiliation between the two sides, hepledged.
Specifically, in order to effectively implement the ASEAN-PA Framework for Cooperation, thediplomat proposed increasing communications to popularize the content of the documentto relevant agencies of both sides, thus encouraging them to join relevantactivities and measures.
It is necessaryto build a plan to carry out the framework in the 2017-2018 period, focusing onfeasible and practical solutions coupled with detailed roadmap and timetable,he added.
Ambassador Namalso proposed that PA countries actively engage in and respond to activities tomark the ASEAN’s 50th founding anniversary held in member countries of ASEANand PA.
Participants at the meeting agreed that bilateralrelationship has seen positive progress, especially through the approval of the ASEAN-PA Framework for Cooperation at the ASEAN-PA Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in September 2016 in NewYork.
The document created a new momentum and the frame to furtherstrengthen ties between the two sides, especially in four prioritized areas,namely economic cooperation;education and people-to-people contacts; science-technology and innovation; andsustainable development.
The meeting welcomed the convening of the ASEAN-PAGlobal value Chains Seminar in Santiago, Chile last January as an activity tocarry out the framework.
ASEAN countriesreiterated their policy of expanding relations with outside partners, includingthose in the PA, noting that it hopes the PA will serve as a bridge connectingASEAN with Latin America.
The PA praisedASEAN’s experience and role in promoting regional connectivity, saying that ithopes to learn from ASEAN’s lessons in economic connectivity and institutionbuilding.
In the time ahead, the two sides agreed to focus efforts onimplementing their bilateral cooperation framework by holding specificactivities such as joint seminars on member nations’ potentials, culturalexchanges and provision of scholarships for each other’s students.
The PA was formed in 2011 with an aim to promote economicties between four member countries of Chile, Mexico, Peru and Colombia. Thegroup has a total population of 216 million and per capita GDP of 9,910 USD.
The ASEAN has 10 members: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Since the ASEAN and PA set up ties in 2014, they organizedthree Foreign Ministers’ Meetings and three ambassador-level meetings between ASEANCommittee of Permanent Representatives and PA’s Group of External Relations.-VNA
The PA was formed in 2011 with an aim to promote economicties between four member countries of Chile, Mexico, Peru and Colombia. Thegroup has a total population of 216 million and per capita GDP of 9,910 USD.
The ASEAN has 10 members: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Since the ASEAN and PA set up ties in 2014, they organizedthree Foreign Ministers’ Meetings and three ambassador-level meetings between ASEANCommittee of Permanent Representatives and PA’s Group of External Relations.-VNA
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