ASEAN+3 Senior Officials’ Meeting held online

(Bqp.vn) - The ASEAN+3 Senior Officials’ Meeting was officially held online on July 20. The event was under the chair of Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung, head of SOM ASEAN of Vietnam, as well as the Chair of the ASEAN and the ASEAN+3 cooperation framework.

Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung chairing the event. (photo: VNA)

At the meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung shared orientations to promoting ASEAN+3 in the near future, highlighting a need to step up regional connectivity, tap achievements in digital technology in regional economic recovery, and improving the regional capacity to response to emerging challenges.

The ASEAN suggested China, Japan and the Republic of Korea to enhance coordination in the research and production of vaccines against COVID-19, as well as in regional common efforts to mitigate the impact of the pandemic.

Regarding regional and global issues, ASEAN+3 countries shared the importance of maintaining dialogues and cooperation, building trust, upholding international law, forming and sharing the standards of conduct in relations with nations so as to maintain a regional environment of peace and stability for prosperous development.

Participants also committed to promoting regional economic linkage and striving to complete the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) as scheduled.