ASEAN Senior Officials meet on preparations for the 42nd ASEAN Summit
Ambassador Vu Ho, acting head of the ASEAN Senior Officials' (SOM) delegation of Vietnam, joined his counterparts from other regional countries in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia on May 8 to discuss preparations for the 42nd Summit of the bloc.
Hanoi (VNA) – Ambassador Vu Ho, acting head of the ASEAN Senior Officials' (SOM) delegation of Vietnam, joined his counterparts from other regional countries in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia on May 8 to discuss preparations for the 42nd Summit of the bloc Participants reviewed the agenda, activities, and alist of documents to be submitted to the ASEAN leaders for consideration onthis occasion. Taking place on May 10-11, the 42nd ASEAN Summit will discussmany issues on the process of building the ASEAN Community, including ASEANCommunity's Post-2025 Vision, ASEAN's external relations, as well asinternational and regional issues of common interest. At the meeting, heads of the SOM delegations of countries mulledover the implementation of ASEAN's priorities in 2023 as well as updated thecooperation situation between ASEAN and its partners. The Vietnamese Ambassadorshared the country’s views on many cooperation contents within ASEAN andbetween the regional grouping and its partners as well as other issues of mutual concern, alongwith collaborating with other countries to actively promote ASEAN consensus onother contents. He also briefed participants on plans to host a number of meetingsin Vietnam's Ha Long city from May 15 to 20, including the 27th ASEAN-Korea Dialogue, and the 20th ASEAN-China Senior Officials Meeting on theDeclaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) and the 39thASEAN-China Joint Working Group Meeting on the DOC. The same day, the 16th meeting of the ASEAN Coordinating CouncilWorking Group on Timor Leste's application for ASEAN membership was held. Themeeting finalised the draft roadmap for Timor Leste to become a member ofASEAN, which sets out specific criteria the country must meet to become a fullmember of ASEAN and identifies activities to help it improve its capacity to fulfill a member's obligations. The roadmap will be submitted to the 42nd ASEANSummit for approval./.
Vietnam has made positive contributions to materialising economic priorities of ASEAN in 2023, Chairman of the ASEAN Business Advisory Council 2023 (ASEAN-BAC) Arsjad Rasjid said in a recent media interview ahead of the 42nd ASEAN Summit slated for May 9-11 in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia.
With the 2023 ASEAN theme of “ASEAN Matters: Epicentre of Growth”, the coming 42nd ASEAN Summit reflects member countries’ wish and efforts to turn the bloc into a growth epicentre that leads cooperation and connectivity processes in the region and contributes to the common goal of peace, stability, and prosperity.
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