PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc chairs the ASEAN - RoK summit on the sidelines of the 37th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The 2nd Mekong – Republic of Korea (RoK) Summit and 12th Mekong – Japan Summit are slated for November 13 as part of the ongoing 37thASEAN Summit and Related Summits.
The firstMekong – RoK summit, which took place in the RoK city of Busan in November lastyear, agreed to establish the partnership on the three pillars of people, prosperityand peace, covering seven priority fields of culture, tourism, human resourcesdevelopment, agricultural and rural development, infrastructure, IT andcommunications, environment, and non-traditional security challenges.
The summitannounced the establishment of the Mekong – RoK Biodiversity Centre in Myanmar,the Mekong – RoK Joint Research Centre on Mekong River Water ResourcesManagement in RoK, and the Mekong – RoK Business Council.
Meanwhile,the 11th Mekong – Japan Summit, held in Bangkok in November 2019,adopted the joint statement of the 11th Mekong-Japan Summit and theMekong-Japan Initiative for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) towards 2030.
Theparticipating countries committed to stepping up the implementation of theTokyo Strategy 2018 in tandem with the realisation of the SDGs in Indo-Pacific,and the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS)Master Plan.
The 37thASEAN Summit and related summits, chaired by Vietnamese Prime Minister NguyenXuan Phuc, are running virtually from November 12 to 15. It offersopportunities for ASEAN member nations to comprehensively evaluate the resultsof intra-bloc cooperation as well as cooperation between the group and itspartners, towards setting priorities for the next stage./.
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