Vietnam calls on Mali to promote national reconciliation
Vietnam called on all concerned parties in conflict-torn Mali to accelerate efforts towards national reconciliation through dialogue during a UN Security Council (UNSC) meeting on October 30 (Vietnam time).
Malian firefighters and soldiers at a site of destruction in Gao after an overnight suicide bombing which killed three people. (Photo: AFP/VNA)
New York (VNA) – Vietnam called on all concernedparties in conflict-torn Mali to accelerate efforts towards nationalreconciliation through dialogue during a UN Security Council (UNSC) meeting onOctober 30 (Vietnam time).
The meeting on the situation in Mali was briefed by El‑GhassimWane, Special Representative of the Secretary‑General and Head of the UnitedNations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).
In his speech, Counsellor Phan Ho The Nam, politicalcoordinator of the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the UN, expressed his deepconcerns over challenges in security, development and humanitarian Mali isfacing.
He urged the concerned parties to redouble efforts topromote national reconciliation, exercise restraint and resolve differences throughdialogue, and to back MINUSMA’s operation.
The Vietnamese diplomat also called on the internationalcommunity to continue supporting the people in that country, particularly in addressing humanitarianchallenges./.
Vietnam advocates a coherent and integrated approach to address security, as well as humanitarian and socioeconomic development challenges in Mali, Ambassador Pham Hai Anh, Chargé d'Affaires of the Vietnamese mission to the UN, said on January 13.
Vietnamese Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy called for more efforts to implement the 2015 Peace and Reconciliation Agreement in Mali while chairing the UN Security Council’s quarterly briefing and consultations on Mali on April 6.
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Malian firefighters and soldiers at a site of destruction in Gao after an overnight suicide bombing which killed three people. (Photo: AFP/VNA)
