Vietnam helps enhance ASEAN’s voice, image in UNSC: Indonesian ambassador
Vietnam has been successfully doing its job in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in 2020, especially in enhancing the voice and image of ASEAN, Ambassador Dian Triansyah Djani, Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the UN, has said.
Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy (first, right of bottom line), head of the Vietnamese mission to the UN attends an online session of the UN Security Council (Photo: VNA)
New York (VNA) – Vietnam has been successfullydoing its job in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in 2020, especiallyin enhancing the voice and image of ASEAN, Ambassador Dian Triansyah Djani, Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the UN, has said.
In an interview with the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’scorrespondents in New York, the diplomat expressed his belief that Vietnam willcontinue to increase contributions in various aspects of the council,especially in the efforts to resume peace in the Middle East and Africa nextyear.
According to the ambassador, Vietnam and Indonesia have nodifferences in viewpoints in major issues in the UNSC in 2020. Next year, whenVietnam is the only ASEAN member country to have a seat in the council, the nationis expected to achieve more successes despite challenges due to the changing globalsituation, especially those brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Regarding the reasons behind the common statements and announcements of Vietnamand Indonesia in the council in 2020, Djani said that both countries want to holdaloft the ASEAN flag in the UNSC and show the world that ASEAN share many similarviewpoints with the world in many issues.
He underscored that both sides hope to promote the corevalues of ASEAN in the UNSC. For example, in security and peace, the way thatASEAN member countries approach to the issue is how to reach consensus and howto make countries talk with each other, the ambassador elaborated.
Djani stressed that the message that both Indonesia andVietnam hoped to deliver is the wish that all members of the council to reachconsensus and solidarity to deal with global issues.
Moreover, with the joint statements, Vietnam and Indonesiacan support each other with their strengths. For example, Indonesia has a lotof experiences in peacekeeping as the country had sent many officers andsoldiers to join the peacekeeping forces in conflicted areas around the world,he said.
The diplomat held that Vietnam and Indonesia havecontributed to making practical changes in the council.
He explained that both countries are members of the 10elected members (E10) of the council,many of whom are heads of sub-committee for different issues. The group membersare willing to cooperate to give a common opinion in the council, thus caninfluence the decision-making of the council. They can share experience andknowledge on issues of their strengths in the council, he added./.
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Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy (first, right of bottom line), head of the Vietnamese mission to the UN attends an online session of the UN Security Council (Photo: VNA) 
