Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi welcomed Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son to the 56th ASEAN meeting. Photo: baoquocte.vn

AMM-56 and related meetings are attended by 29 countries and 18 associations. During the four official meeting days, there will be 17 conferences, focusing on eight agendas around security, peace and regional economic resilience. Other topics include the complicated situation in the East Sea, Myanmar, the Taiwan Strait, and the Korean peninsula.

The Ministers are scheduled to approve 40 cooperation documents. Countries are actively finalizing documents, including the AMM-56 Joint Communiqué and progress reports on cooperation between ASEAN and partners.

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and the Vietnamese delegation will join more than 20 meetings. As the coordinator for document negotiations during this meeting, the Vietnamese delegation has contributed their initiatives, according to Ambassador Vu Ho, Acting Head of the ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting (SOM ASEAN). 

“The participation of Vietnam this time is first of all to implement all the related resolutions of the Party and policies of the State and Government of Vietnam. Vietnam will contribute to reaching consensus in decisions, harmonization of initiatives and interests of countries as well as reasonableness in dealing with all issues raised."

"As for the initiatives and priorities of Indonesia as ASEAN Chair this year, our mission is to assist in making these initiatives and priorities come true. The vision of the ASEAN Chairmanship 2023 will become the shared property of the Association, making concrete and practical contributions to peace, stability and common development of the whole region,” Ambassador Vu Ho said. 

At the ASEAN SOM meeting on July 10, countries pledged to support and contribute to the success of AMM 56. Photo: VOV

As part of the AMM, the meeting of the Executive Committee of the ASEAN Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (SEANWFZ) Commission took place on Thursday. A day earlier, Ambassador Vu Ho led the Vietnamese delegation to the ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting (SOM).

He shared Vietnam's stances on various issues of shared concern and priority in the region, and proposed solutions and initiatives to promote cooperation while ensuring the consensus principles of the ASEAN.

As the coordinator of ASEAN-Republic of Korea relations, Ambassador Vu Ho announced that Vietnam will organize ASEAN-Korea Day later this year to strengthen the strategic partnership and comprehensive cooperation between the two sides.