53rd ASEAN Foreign Minister’s Meeting to be held online
The 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and related meetings will be held from September 9-12 in the form of video conference, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and related meetings will be held fromSeptember 9-12 in the form of video conference, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Within the framework of the event,the meeting of the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ), the27th meeting of the ASEAN Coordinating Council, the ASEAN PostMinisterial Conference (PMC) 10 1 Sessions with ASEAN's DialoguePartners, the 21st ASEAN 3Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, the 10th East Asia Summit ForeignMinisters’ Meeting, the 27th ASEAN Regional Forum, the ASEANCoordinating Council’s special session on sub-regional development, the ASEANministerial-level dialogue on strengthening women’s role in sustainable peaceand security, and a dialogue between ASEAN Foreign Ministers andrepresentatives of the ASEAN Inter-Governmental Commission on Human Rights will be held.
♐ Representing ASEAN Chair 2020,Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh will chair the meetings./.
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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (Photo: VNA) 
