ASEP9 highlights commitment to maintaining peace, security and maritime navigation
(VOVworld) - National Assembly Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu has proposed numerous measures to effectively foster the cooperation between Asia and Europe at the 9th Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership (ASEP-9) Meeting, which ran from April 21-22 in Mongolia.
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| National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu (Source: VOV) |
With the theme of “The role of ASEP to ASEM”, the meeting focused its discussions on the “Connectivity and efficiency of multi-lateral mechanisms” and “Partnership toward the future”. The ASEP-9 meeting confirmed commitment to maintain peace and security, maritime and aviation freedom. It also aimed to prevent unilateral acts that make the regional situation complicated and to resolve disputes peacefully in line with the UN convention and international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
National Assembly Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu, who led the Vietnamese delegation to the meeting, called for respecting the freedom of navigation and overflight at sea, strictly adhering to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) towards completing negotiations on a Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC).
The Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman was received by the Mongolian NA Speaker, and both sides discussed measures to strengthen the relations between the two legislatures and nations.