President Truong Tan Sang receives UN Secretary Ban Ki Moon
(VOVworld) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and his spouse began an official visit to Vietnam on Friday. At talks between President Truong Tan Sang and Mr. Ban following a welcoming ceremony in Hanoi, both sides briefed each other of Vietnam’s developments and UN prioritized activities over the recent time. They focused their discussions on measures to boost multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and UN in the future. President Sang hailed UN’s support for Vietnam’s development and implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Ban said Vietnam is one of leading countries in implementing MDGs.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon arrives in Hanoi on Friday, May 22, 2015. Photo: Nguyen Khanh/news.zing.vn
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He hailed Vietnam’s efforts in developing clean economies, especially in mobilizing resources for green and sustainable growth. The two agreed on the importance of speeding up the implementation of MDGS for the post-2015 period, and reaching an international agreement on addressing climate change in 2015, especially as UN is to celebrate its 70
th founding anniversary. President Sang said Vietnam is determined to cooperate with the international community to address global issues, including that related to maintaining global peace and security:
"We spoke highly of the UN’s contributions over the past 70 years and discussed measures to improve UN’s role in settling challenges facing regional and global peace and security. We shared our opinions that all countries should abide by the UN Charter, respect international law and each other’s independence and territorial sovereignty, and settle disputes through peaceful means without using force and threatening to use force in international relations in order to maintain global peace and security." President Sang briefed Mr. Ban on the East Sea issue, especially recent developments, and asked Ban to support concerned parties in settling the disputes through peaceful means in accordance with the UN Charter and international law, especially the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Mr. Ban said: "It's important to avoid the action that would provoke on exaggerate the tensions. I hope the on-going consultation between ASEAN member states and China on the proposal of a Code of Conduct among concerned parties in the East Sea will lead to an increase in mutual understanding between all parties."