Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs NguyenMinh Hang attended the Antalya Diplomacy Forum and held bilateral activities inTürkiye on March 1-2.

Themed “Advancing Diplomacy in Times of Turmoil,” theforum brought together about 4,000 delegates, including 19 high-ranking leaders,and nearly 100 ministers and deputy ministers from 147 countries, along with representativesof international organisations, policy makers, experts, scholars and businesspeople.

It looked into the world and regional situation, andhow to respond to non-traditional security challenges such as food security,energy security and climate change, and new development trends like digitaltransformation, green transition, and artificial intelligence, among others.

In her remarks, Hang said the Asia-Pacific needs to maintainan open, transparent, resilient, inclusive and rules-based regionalstructure, in which ASEAN plays a central role.

ASEAN wishes and stands ready to strengthencooperation with all countries and partners in and outside the region tocontribute to maintaining peace and stability in the region, she said.

The official also affirmed that Vietnam will continueto consistently implement its foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace,cooperation, development, diversification and multilateralisation of relations,and being a friend, and a reliable and responsible partner of the internationalcommunity.

Vietnam will work together with other ASEAN membercountries for peace, stability and prosperity in the region, she said.

On this occasion, Hang had meetings with Turkish Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Burak Akçapar, President of the ForeignEconomic Relations Board (DEİK) Nail Olpak, and other Turkish officials.

Hang suggested the two countries take more measures toboost their cooperation across spheres, for the development of each side.

While in Türkiye, Hang also met with Minister ofForeign Affairs of Kyrgyz Jeenbek Kulubaev and her counterparts from SaudiArabia, Nigeria and Oman./.