ASEAN Summit: Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attends the ASEAN

Continuing the working program of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits in Vientiane (Laos), on the morning of October 11, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh led the Vietnamese delegation to attend the 12th ASEAN - United States Summit.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attends and delivers a speech at the 12th ASEAN-US Summit. Photo: Duong Giang/VNA

Representing the US President at the Conference, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken affirmed that ASEAN holds a central position in the vision of an open, secure and prosperous Indo- Pacific , highly appreciated the importance of the ASEAN-US Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, promoted connectivity of economic cooperation opportunities, innovative technology, created more jobs, and brought a better life to the 1 billion people on both sides. Secretary of State Blinken emphasized that the United States will continue to cooperate and support ASEAN in preventing and fighting epidemics, upgrading the regional power grid, preventing and combating cybercrime and online fraud, promoting safe, secure and reliable artificial intelligence (AI), as well as promoting cultural exchanges, and expressed his delight that the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative, after 10 years of establishment, continues to develop with an increasing number of members.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the 12th ASEAN-US Summit. Photo: Duong Giang/VNA

The meeting appreciated the United States' strong and long-term commitment to ASEAN and the region over the past time, supporting ASEAN's central role, actively participating in constructive dialogue, cooperation and trust building in the region, and welcomed the United States' continued active support for ASEAN in building the Community, integrating, connecting, developing the sub-region, narrowing the development gap and responding to challenges, including through the Mekong-US Partnership (MUSP) framework. Countries welcomed the positive progress in cooperation over the past time. The ASEAN-US Action Plan for the 2021-2025 period has been actively implemented with a completion rate of 98.37%. In 2023, the United States will be ASEAN's largest investment partner, with more than 6,200 US businesses operating in ASEAN, with a total foreign direct investment of 74.3 billion USD, and at the same time, it will be ASEAN's second largest trading partner with a total two-way trade turnover of 395.9 billion USD. Economic initiatives such as the ASEAN-US Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) and the Expanded Economic Cooperation Initiative (E3) create a basis for promoting cooperation in areas such as the digital economy, small and medium enterprise development, and trade facilitation. In the coming time, the two sides agreed to continue promoting substantive and effective cooperation commensurate with the level of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, prioritizing the promotion of trade, investment, science and technology, innovation, digital transformation, AI governance, healthcare, energy, environment, climate change response, etc., contributing to the rapid, sustainable and long-term development of the region. At the Conference, Vietnam highly appreciated the importance of the ASEAN-US Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, expecting the US to continue to participate deeply and actively in the region, commit to long-term responsibility for ASEAN, support ASEAN in building the Community and promoting its central role in shaping an open, inclusive, transparent regional structure and upholding international law. Regarding the future development of the relationship, Vietnam proposed that the two sides strengthen cooperation to jointly create a prosperous, prosperous and sustainable future. Accordingly, economic - trade - investment cooperation will be the focus and driving force, which needs to be promoted in an effective, harmonious and sustainable direction, further opening the market for exports, and being ready to welcome more investors from the United States. In addition, it is necessary to promote cooperation in responding to climate change, enhancing resilience to natural disasters and catastrophes. Vietnam welcomes the United States to continue supporting the development of the Mekong sub-region through the framework of the Mekong - US Partnership, including enhancing resilience to climate change in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. In addition, Vietnam suggests that it is necessary to increase efforts and allocate appropriate resources to make science - technology cooperation and innovation a new pillar in the relationship between the United States and ASEAN, opening up new development space, creating breakthroughs to promote the rapid and sustainable development of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two sides. Accordingly, we welcome cooperation opportunities with US corporations and technology companies, especially in the semiconductor and AI industries. Vietnam proposes that ASEAN and the US should strengthen coordination and contribute more to peace , security and stability in the region. We request that the US continue to support ASEAN's common stance on the East Sea, coordinate to ensure peace, security and stability in the region, including the East Sea, and support efforts to soon achieve an effective and substantive Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC) in accordance with international law, especially the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), contributing to building the East Sea into a sea of peace, stability, cooperation and sustainable development. At the end of the Conference, the leaders adopted the ASEAN-US Leaders' Statement on Promoting Safe, Secure and Trusted AI.

According to VNA / Hanoimoi.vn

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