Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung leads the Vietnamese delegation to the ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) in Bangkok, Thailand, on July 29 (Photo: VNA)Bangkok (VNA) – A delegation ofVietnam led by Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung attended the ASEANSenior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) in Bangkok, Thailand on July 29.
The meeting was prior to the 52nd ASEANForeign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-52) and Post Ministerial Conferences (PMC+),which are scheduled from 30 July to August 3 in Thailand.
At the event, ASEAN senior officials reviewedpreparations for the AMM-52 and the PMC+.
They also discussed emerging issues in the buildingof the ASEAN Community, the implementation of the ASEAN Outlook on Indo-Pacific(AOIP), and ASEAN’s relationship with partners including Australia and NewZealand.
Participants also touched upon a plan to send anASEAN delegation to Timor Leste; situations in Myanmar’s Rakhine state; andnegotiations for the Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC) and the East Seaissue.
ASEAN senior officials are set to participatein meetings with their counterparts from China, Japan, the Republic of Koreaand members of the East Asia Summit on July 30.
TheAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) groups Brunei, Cambodia,Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand andVietnam.-VNA
The meeting was prior to the 52nd ASEANForeign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-52) and Post Ministerial Conferences (PMC+),which are scheduled from 30 July to August 3 in Thailand.
At the event, ASEAN senior officials reviewedpreparations for the AMM-52 and the PMC+.
They also discussed emerging issues in the buildingof the ASEAN Community, the implementation of the ASEAN Outlook on Indo-Pacific(AOIP), and ASEAN’s relationship with partners including Australia and NewZealand.
Participants also touched upon a plan to send anASEAN delegation to Timor Leste; situations in Myanmar’s Rakhine state; andnegotiations for the Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC) and the East Seaissue.
ASEAN senior officials are set to participatein meetings with their counterparts from China, Japan, the Republic of Koreaand members of the East Asia Summit on July 30.
TheAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) groups Brunei, Cambodia,Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand andVietnam.-VNA
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