Measuring body temperature - Illustrative image (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Speaker of the House of Representatives of Thailand Chuan Leekpaihas recently showed his support for Vietnamese National Assembly ChairwomanNguyen Thi Kim Ngan’s call for ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) memberstates to jointly protect ASEAN against the COVID-19 pandemic.
In his letter inreply to Ngan’s March 30 letter, Chuan Leekpai stressed that it’s time for all totake actions.
AIPAparliamentarians have the responsibility to stand shoulder-to-shoulder withcivilians to help them overcome difficulties caused by the pandemic, he noted.
The speaker alsoexpressed his backing for the leadership role of Ngan as the Chair of the 41st AIPAGeneral Assembly, as she had a quick response to the regional situation by appropriate actions of the legislative body.
Suggesting theorganisation of an extraordinary teleconference if necessary, Leekpai said thatregional cooperation is essential at this time to jointly protect ASEAN againstthe COVID-19 pandemic.
On March 30, theVietnamese top legislator sent a letter to heads of the organisation's members,calling for their engagement in the fight against COVID-19.
In the spirit of“cohesive and responsive”, she proposed AIPA members to join hands to protectthe common home ASEAN in face of the pandemic.
Ngan wrote thatpeoples in ASEAN and the globe are facing an unprecedented threat for decades -the COVID-19 pandemic.
In her position, sheexpressed her sympathies to the peoples in the bloc as well as the mankind overthe losses caused by COVID-19.
More than ever, theASEAN Community needs to uphold the spirit of solidarity, sharing, mutualassistance and support amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Ngan stressed./.
VNA
