Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the event (Photo: VNA) Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesian newspapershighlighted the 36th ASEAN Summit which was held on June 26 via videoconference under the chair of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
The Insider Stories quoted PM Phuc’s opening remarks assaying that strengthening the cooperationbetween the countries around the region is a crucial thing that must be doneduring the pandemic period to accelerating the regional economic recovery.
PM Phuc noted the COVID-19 has wiped out the achievements that humanshave accumulated over the years, robbing and threatening the lives of millionsof people. He said the World Bank projected that the global economy wouldexperience a serious decline with a 5.2 percent contraction and income percapita would drop by 3.6 percent.
Seventy to a hundred millionpeople would fall into extreme poverty, and the risk of social instabilitywould mount. More than 40 percent of all manufacturing industries and businesssectors across countries are being directly affected by lockdown and restrictions imposed for disease control.
“While the entire world isstretched thin in the fight against the pandemic, irresponsible acts and acts inviolation of international law are still taking place, affecting theenvironment of security and stability in certain regions, including in ourregion,” thenewspaper quoted PM Phuc as writing.
Meanwhile, ASEAN Secretary General Lim Jock Hoi added that apart from the epidemic was areal demonstration of the members’ solidarity and leadership manifested in concrete regionalcooperation. According to him, such solidarity is needed in response to thispandemic.
The Tempo websitecited Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi as saying that at the summit, President Joko Widodo talked of two major challenges faced byASEAN in combating the COVID-19 pandemic, namely COVID-19 mitigation and its impact on socialeconomy.
According to Kompas,President Widodo told the summit that he had assigned relevant ministers todiscuss the possibility of opening an ASEAN tourism corridor, saying that thisis very important to accelerate economic recovery and indicate the strategic significanceof the ASEAN Community.
Kontan andRepublika newspapers said the Indonesian President emphasised the importance ofenhancing cooperation among ASEAN member nations in the fight againstCOVID-19./.
The Insider Stories quoted PM Phuc’s opening remarks assaying that strengthening the cooperationbetween the countries around the region is a crucial thing that must be doneduring the pandemic period to accelerating the regional economic recovery.
PM Phuc noted the COVID-19 has wiped out the achievements that humanshave accumulated over the years, robbing and threatening the lives of millionsof people. He said the World Bank projected that the global economy wouldexperience a serious decline with a 5.2 percent contraction and income percapita would drop by 3.6 percent.
Seventy to a hundred millionpeople would fall into extreme poverty, and the risk of social instabilitywould mount. More than 40 percent of all manufacturing industries and businesssectors across countries are being directly affected by lockdown and restrictions imposed for disease control.
“While the entire world isstretched thin in the fight against the pandemic, irresponsible acts and acts inviolation of international law are still taking place, affecting theenvironment of security and stability in certain regions, including in ourregion,” thenewspaper quoted PM Phuc as writing.
Meanwhile, ASEAN Secretary General Lim Jock Hoi added that apart from the epidemic was areal demonstration of the members’ solidarity and leadership manifested in concrete regionalcooperation. According to him, such solidarity is needed in response to thispandemic.
The Tempo websitecited Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi as saying that at the summit, President Joko Widodo talked of two major challenges faced byASEAN in combating the COVID-19 pandemic, namely COVID-19 mitigation and its impact on socialeconomy.
According to Kompas,President Widodo told the summit that he had assigned relevant ministers todiscuss the possibility of opening an ASEAN tourism corridor, saying that thisis very important to accelerate economic recovery and indicate the strategic significanceof the ASEAN Community.
Kontan andRepublika newspapers said the Indonesian President emphasised the importance ofenhancing cooperation among ASEAN member nations in the fight againstCOVID-19./.
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