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Korean diplomat praises outcome of ASEAN+3 Summit on COVID-19

The most important outcome of the Special ASEAN Plus Three Summit on COVID-19 is the solidarity and sense of cooperation shown by all ASEAN leaders, the Korean President and Chinese Premier and Japanese Prime Minister in the joint fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, said a Korean diplomat.
Korean diplomat praises outcome of ASEAN+3 Summit on COVID-19 ảnh 1Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks at the summit (Photo: VNA)
Jakarta (VNA) - The most importantoutcome of the Special ASEAN Plus Three Summit on COVID-19 is the solidarityand sense of cooperation shown by all ASEAN leaders, the Korean President and ChinesePremier and Japanese Prime Minister in the joint fight against the COVID-19pandemic, said a Korean diplomat.

Ambassador of theRepublic of Korea (RoK) to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) LimSungnam made the comment in an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency(VNA)’s reporter in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 14.

“As you might be aware, G20 and EU have heldtheir summit meetings to discuss the impact of COVID-19 and the way forward.But ASEAN Plus Three has had their first online, their first videoconferencesto talk about the impact of COVID-19 and the joint solutions for the problemswe are faced with. And the joint solutions for the future have been a verymeaningful step forward in our efforts to eradicate COVID-19,” he said.

Lim stressed that the RoK is ready to cooperatewith ASEAN in the join fight against COVID-19. More specifically, the RoK isprepared to make contributions to the ASEAN-Korea Cooperation Fund for variousprojects and various assistance programmes for ASEAN member states in theirfight against COVID-19, he elaborated.

At the same time, the RoK is also ready to hostweb conferences - a kind of online conference - for the ASEAN member states,doctors and medical specialists together with their Korean counterparts, sothat they can share their best practices as well as their know-how andexperiences in their fight against the pandemic, Lim said.

The RoK is also very much interested and isready to hold the ASEAN-Korea health ministers meeting so that ASEAN and theRoK can engage in very specific and concrete discussions about how the sideswork together to combat COVID-19.

“The motto of Vietnam as Chair of ASEAN forthis year is cohesive and responsive. And indeed, Vietnam has shown thecohesive and responsive leadership by organising the special summit on COVID-19for the ASEAN Plus Three in a very timely manner,” the ambassador stressed./.
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