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Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung (third, left) The high-level roundtable on "A cohesive and responsive ASEAN Community: 2020 Reflection for bolder joint actions" (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 17 hosted an international seminarto look back on the ASEAN Chairmanship 2020 of Vietnam under the chair of Deputy ForeignMinister Nguyen Quoc Dung.
In his openingremarks, Dung, who also head of Vietnam’s ASEAN Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) and GeneralSecretary of the NationalASEAN 2020 Committee, said despite of geostrategic fluctuations in the region andthe world, the ASEAN Community has not been affected by “violent winds”, and continued to consolidate its central role, and maintain intra-bloc cooperation and that between the group and its outside partners for global peace, security andsustainable development.
Delegates agreed that 2020 is an important milestone in the ASEAN developmentprocess with the prominent role as ASEAN Chair 2020 played by Vietnam.
While praising the positive success madeby Vietnam during the year, they said Vietnam has shown flexibility, creativityand proactiveness, and promoted its "core" role in ASEAN, step by stepleading the group to overcome difficulties, successfully implement the"dual" goals of maintaining ASEANbuilding momentum and strengthening intra-regional solidarity, and improving the bloc’sresponsiveness.
Participants particularly hailed the role of Vietnam as ASEAN Chair in mobilising effortsof the whole Community to effectively respond to the COVID-19 pandemic andpromote comprehensive recovery in the region.
Initiatives such asthe ASEAN COVID-19 Respond Fund, the ASEAN Regional Reserve of MedicalSupplies, the ASEAN Strategic Framework for PublicHealth Emergencies and the ASEAN Comprehensive Recovery Framework have beensupported and actively joined by ASEAN member countries.
As the Chair of ASEAN 2020, Vietnam has led ASEAN in the right direction bytaking the cooperation against the epidemic and recovery as a "flag"gathering intra-bloc solidarity and consensus of the bloc’s partners, andusing digital platforms to maintain cooperation activities amid difficultiesposed by the pandemic.
The priorities andinitiatives of Vietnam put forth during the year have received the supportand appreciation of the all ASEAN member countries and partners.
Despite a year of difficultiesand challenges, under the leadership of Vietnam, all priorities of ASEAN in2020 have been fully completed, especially the signing of the Regional ComprehensiveEconomic Partnership (RCEP), outlining orientationsfor building the ASEAN CommunityVision after 2025, the approval of the ASEAN Comprehensive RecoveryFramework, linking sub-regional cooperation with the ASEAN Community building process, narrowing development gaps, strengtheningconnectivity, and promoting gender equality.
The active results havepartly demonstrated vitality, dynamism, resilience, balance and adaptation capacityof ASEAN, participants said.
They stressed that inaddition to efforts to fight COVID-19 and promote recovery, it is alsonecessary to fully and effectively implement the ASEAN Community Vision 2025.
The group should take concrete measures, make full use of digital technology andbring into play the results of mid-term assessment of ASEANCommunity building blueprints to 2025 in order to improve the effectiveness ofthe implementation of the remaining phase of the blueprints.
ASEAN should continue touphold and ensure intra-regional solidarity and integration, promote its values, identity and geostrategic, geopolitical and economic advantages, and followup and complete the set Community building goals, delegates said.
They also expressed their expectation that ASEAN willpromote its role, contributing to global efforts in maintaining peace,security, stability and sustainable development, effectively responding tochallenges./.
Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung (third, left) The high-level roundtable on "A cohesive and responsive ASEAN Community: 2020 Reflection for bolder joint actions" (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 17 hosted an international seminarto look back on the ASEAN Chairmanship 2020 of Vietnam under the chair of Deputy ForeignMinister Nguyen Quoc Dung.
In his openingremarks, Dung, who also head of Vietnam’s ASEAN Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) and GeneralSecretary of the NationalASEAN 2020 Committee, said despite of geostrategic fluctuations in the region andthe world, the ASEAN Community has not been affected by “violent winds”, and continued to consolidate its central role, and maintain intra-bloc cooperation and that between the group and its outside partners for global peace, security andsustainable development.
Delegates agreed that 2020 is an important milestone in the ASEAN developmentprocess with the prominent role as ASEAN Chair 2020 played by Vietnam.
While praising the positive success madeby Vietnam during the year, they said Vietnam has shown flexibility, creativityand proactiveness, and promoted its "core" role in ASEAN, step by stepleading the group to overcome difficulties, successfully implement the"dual" goals of maintaining ASEANbuilding momentum and strengthening intra-regional solidarity, and improving the bloc’sresponsiveness.
Participants particularly hailed the role of Vietnam as ASEAN Chair in mobilising effortsof the whole Community to effectively respond to the COVID-19 pandemic andpromote comprehensive recovery in the region.
Initiatives such asthe ASEAN COVID-19 Respond Fund, the ASEAN Regional Reserve of MedicalSupplies, the ASEAN Strategic Framework for PublicHealth Emergencies and the ASEAN Comprehensive Recovery Framework have beensupported and actively joined by ASEAN member countries.
As the Chair of ASEAN 2020, Vietnam has led ASEAN in the right direction bytaking the cooperation against the epidemic and recovery as a "flag"gathering intra-bloc solidarity and consensus of the bloc’s partners, andusing digital platforms to maintain cooperation activities amid difficultiesposed by the pandemic.
The priorities andinitiatives of Vietnam put forth during the year have received the supportand appreciation of the all ASEAN member countries and partners.
Despite a year of difficultiesand challenges, under the leadership of Vietnam, all priorities of ASEAN in2020 have been fully completed, especially the signing of the Regional ComprehensiveEconomic Partnership (RCEP), outlining orientationsfor building the ASEAN CommunityVision after 2025, the approval of the ASEAN Comprehensive RecoveryFramework, linking sub-regional cooperation with the ASEAN Community building process, narrowing development gaps, strengtheningconnectivity, and promoting gender equality.
The active results havepartly demonstrated vitality, dynamism, resilience, balance and adaptation capacityof ASEAN, participants said.
They stressed that inaddition to efforts to fight COVID-19 and promote recovery, it is alsonecessary to fully and effectively implement the ASEAN Community Vision 2025.
The group should take concrete measures, make full use of digital technology andbring into play the results of mid-term assessment of ASEANCommunity building blueprints to 2025 in order to improve the effectiveness ofthe implementation of the remaining phase of the blueprints.
ASEAN should continue touphold and ensure intra-regional solidarity and integration, promote its values, identity and geostrategic, geopolitical and economic advantages, and followup and complete the set Community building goals, delegates said.
They also expressed their expectation that ASEAN willpromote its role, contributing to global efforts in maintaining peace,security, stability and sustainable development, effectively responding tochallenges./.
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