Vietnam attends ASEAN senior officials' meetings in Thailand
Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung, who is head of the country’s SOM ASEAN, led a Vietnamese delegation to the Joint Consultative Meeting (JCM) of the bloc and ASEAN Senior Officials' Meeting in Bangkok from May 28-29.
Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung (Source: VNA)
Bangkok (VNA) - DeputyForeign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung, who is head of the country’s SOM ASEAN, leda Vietnamese delegation to the Joint Consultative Meeting (JCM) of the blocand ASEAN SeniorOfficials' Meeting in Bangkok from May 28-29.
The events aims to discuss the preparationsfor the 34th ASEAN Summit scheduled to take place in Thailand inJune this year.
Participants debated the agenda and documents that will be passed at the 34th ASEANSummit, focusing on how to promote partnership for sustainable development andrelations between ASEAN and its partners, regional cooperation, building ASEANCommunity, and regional and international issues of common concern.
They highly appreciated Thailand's preparation as the rotating Chairman ofASEAN, affirming that they will work closely with the country to ensure thesuccess of the summit.
Participantsexpressed their support for promoting the mutual link between ASEAN Community Vision 2025 with the UNSustainable Development Goals, and agreed to promote the development ofcooperation roadmap between ASEAN and the UN for this goal.
Theyapplauded actively progress in connecting and narrowing the development gapamong ASEAN member nations, and supported the promotion of regional connectioninitiatives and sustainable development in sub-regions, including the Mekong.
The ASEAN member nations agreed to continue promoting efforts for strengtheningcoordination, and cooperation in inter-sectoral and inter-pillar cooperationissues within ASEAN, and improve the operational efficiency of ASEAN Secretariat.
They also discussed procedures for South Africa to officially join the Treaty of Amity andCooperation (TAC) of ASEAN, and how to promote theeffectiveness and efficiency of the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-FreeZone (SEANWFZ), and steps for TimorLeste to join ASEAN.
Speaking at the events, Deputy FM Dung affirmedthat Vietnam actively supports and will work closely with other ASEAN membercountries to successfully implement the priorities set for 2019, towardsbuilding a sustainable, coherent and adaptable ASEAN.
In the role of coordinating ASEAN-Japanrelations in the period of 2018-2021, Dung informed and invited ASEAN member countriesto actively participate in the 34th ASEAN-Japan forum and a symposium onASEAN-Japan cooperation for prosperity, which will be co-chaired by Vietnam andJapan in Hanoi on June 3-4.-VNA
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Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung (Source: VNA) 
