Vietnam makes substantive contributions to AMM 50’s successVietnam has made substantive contributions to the success of the 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 50) and related meetings held in the Philippines from August 4-8, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung. As coordinator of ASEAN-India relations, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and India’s Minister of State for External Affairs V.K Singh co-chaired the ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, which produced important outcomes, including the approval of the theme for the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit as “Shared Values, Common Destiny”. Regarding the East Sea issue, Vietnam has upheld the spirit of solidarity and a common voice of ASEAN to prevent different viewpoints from affecting the atmosphere of cooperation and outcomes of the meetings, while firmly protecting the country’s interests. Vietnam and the countries also agreed to maintain contacts, enhance the efficiency of cooperative mechanisms, and coordinate to make good preparations for upcoming visits by their high-ranking officials. “Overall, Vietnam’s contributions to the AMM 50 demonstrate the country’s proactiveness, high sense of responsibility and maturity in regional integration, thus enhancing our role and prestige in the ASEAN and in ties with partners,” Deputy FM Dung said.

Source: VietNamNet News August 09, 2017 09:33 UTC