Webinar talks Paris Peace Accords’ impacts on Vietnam - US ties
The US Institute of Peace (USIP) and the Vietnamese Embassy in the US held a webinar on February 16 to look into impacts of the Paris Peace Accords, signed 50 years ago, on the two countries’ relations today.
Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Dung speaks at the webinar on February 16. (Photo: VNA)
Washington DC (VNA) – The US Institute of Peace(USIP) and the Vietnamese Embassy in the US held a webinar on February 16 tolook into impacts of the Paris Peace Accords, signed 50 years ago, on the twocountries’ relations today.
The event attracted nearly 200 guests who were scholars,historians, and representatives of some organisations and associations.
Addressing the webinar’s main session, Vietnamese AmbassadorNguyen Quoc Dung emphasised that the Paris Agreement on Ending the War andRestoring Peace in Vietnam was a result of the sacrifice by millions ofVietnamese people, their strong desire for peace, independence, and nationalreunification, as well as the art of negotiation and the opportunity-seizing abilityof many excellent diplomats from the parties concerned.
It was an important milestone and a turning point for Vietnamand Southeast Asia at large. To the Vietnam - US relations, it put an end to asorrowful chapter and heralded a long process towards reconciliation, mutualunderstanding, normalisation of bilateral ties in 1995, and establishment of acomprehensive partnership in 2013, he said.
Ambassador John D. Negroponte, former assistant to then US National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at the Paris negotiations, addresses the event. (Photo: VNA)
Dung went on to say that the 50th anniversary ofthe Paris Peace Accords signing is an occasion to contemplate the value ofpeace and the precious lessons that the agreement generated for peace,security, and international relations.
To maintain peace and prevent conflicts, countries,especially superpowers, should thoroughly understand the history and smallcountries’ aspirations and legitimate interests, while attaching importance tothe key role of diplomacy in preventing and ending wars, according to theambassador.
At the event, Ambassador Dung, Ambassador John D. Negroponte –former assistant to then US National Security Advisor and Secretary ofState Henry Kissinger at the Paris negotiations, Prof. CarolynEisenberg, Prof. Nguyen Thi Lien Hang, and guests shared their views on thedeal signing and personal accounts during the agreement negotiation andenforcement processes.
Talking to the Vietnam News Agency, USIP Vice President WilliamTaylor said the 50th anniversary is an ideal chance for all partiesto look back on the history, assess the successes and shortcomings of effortsto prevent conflicts in the past, and gain lessons for the future./.
Lessons drawn from the Paris Peace Accords negotiations, signing and implementation have maintained their values, even in the Party and the State’s foreign policy during the present cause of reform, national development and defence.
A look back at the Paris Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring in Vietnam (Paris Peace Accords) on the 50th anniversary of its signing reminds us to treasure peace at present, according to Motoyoshi Ryokichi, former General Secretary of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association.
In the early 1970s, most Americans, including many servicemen and war veterans, believed that the war in Vietnam was a mistake and that the US should negotiate for a peace agreement, Dr. Andrew Wells-Dang, a senior expert about Vietnam at the US Institute of Peace told the Vietnam News Agency's resident correspondents while talking about the signing of the Paris Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring in Vietnam (Paris Peace Accords) 50 years ago.
The Paris Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam, signed 50 years ago, came as a result of stressful and protracted negotiations and held extreme importance, said activist Cora Weiss, one of the leaders of the anti-Vietnam-war movement then.
The signing of the Paris Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam on January 27, 1973, had brought a special spring to the northern region, when for the first time in the resistance war there was no air-raid siren and no evacuation, former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan told Vietnam News Agency during a recent interview on the occasion of the agreement's 50th signing anniversary.
Ha expressed his hope that cooperation in science and technology, agriculture, and natural resources would emerge as new focal points and engines of growth in Vietnam–China relations.
Giang said he believes that building on the solid foundation nurtured over the past half-century and the strong determination of both nations, the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership will continue to grow in a more robust, comprehensive, and extensive manner, thus bringing more practical benefits to the two nations' people.
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Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Dung speaks at the webinar on February 16. (Photo: VNA) 
Ambassador John D. Negroponte, former assistant to then US National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at the Paris negotiations, addresses the event. (Photo: VNA) 
