The 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 49) took place in Laos’s capital city of Vientiane on July 24 with the participation of 10 Foreign Ministers from ASEAN member countries and the ASEAN Secretary General.
The Vietnamese delegation to the meeting was led by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.
Themed “ Turning Vision into Reality for a Dynamic ASEAN Community” , the ministers discussed five major contents, including measures to strengthen solidarity, unity and the central role of ASEAN; implementing the ASEAN Community Vision 2025; cooperation between ASEAN and partners as well as regional and international situation.
The foreign ministers stressed that the bloc should give top priority to strengthening solidarity and unity as it is the prerequisite for the success of ASEAN Community building process, a foundation for ASEAN to assert and prove its role, responsibility and voice in dealing with strategic issues relating to peace, security and regional stability, helping to enhance the bloc’s image and prestige.
They also lauded the progress in both three pillars in the implementation of the ASEAN Community Vision 2025, as well as in carrying out the ASEAN Political-Security Community Blueprint 2025, with 140 out of the total 290 action lines underway, including the establishment of the Military Medicine Centre and the organisation of maneuvers on natural disaster aid, maritime security, anti-terrorism and peace-keeping under the framework of the ASEAN Defence Minister’s Meeting Plus (ADMM+).
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