Vietnam attends 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh participated in the 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 50) which opened in Manila, the Philippines, on August 5.
August 05, 2017 | 21:25

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh participated in the 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 50) which opened in Manila, the Philippines, on August 5.

In his opening remarks, Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said the ministers will discuss regional progress in the implementation of important initiatives as well as future directions for building the ASEAN community, realising the ASEAN Political-Security Community Blueprint 2025, and the preparation for the 31st ASEAN Summit and related meetings in November this year.

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Ministers of Foreign Affairs in ASEAN discussing on issues of mutual concern (source: VOV)

They will also exchange views on regional and global issues of mutual concern, such as the East Sea, the Korean Peninsula, anti-terrorism and the fight against extremism, navigation security and other non-traditional security matters.

At a plenary session, the FMs will have an in-depth discussion on the working groups’ meetings with 17 dialogue countries, including the US, Russia, Japan and China.

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Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh at the event (source: VOV)

Such issues as the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula and the settlement of territorial disputes in the East Sea, terrorism, violent extremism, and cross-border crimes are expected to be deliberated at the event.

The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights will update the FMs on the human rights situation so as to help them devise measures to promote and protect human rights in ASEAN based on the commission’s Terms of Reference and ASEAN Human Rights Declaration.

The AMM 50 and related meetings will run until August 8.

On August 7, the foreign ministers of ASEAN and its 17 dialogue partners are scheduled to meet at the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) – an important multilateral security dialogue – to discuss hot issues in the region./.

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