HANOI, Sept 8 (NNN-VNA) – The 53rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and related meetings, will take place from tomorrow to Saturday, via video conference, under the chair of Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pham Binh Minh.
Some 20 meetings will be organised within the framework of the event, including the China-ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting, the 21st ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and the 27th ASEAN Regional Forum, Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister, Nguyen Quoc Dung said, adding, some 40 documents expected to be noted, issued and adopted.
Vietnamese Prime Minister, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, is scheduled to attend and deliver remarks at the opening ceremony shortly, Dung said.
The meetings are expected to discuss issues, including ASEAN cooperation and community building, in particular implementation of priorities and initiatives for 2020, COVID-19 response cooperation, review of and future directions for ASEAN’s external relations, as well as, regional and global issues of mutual concerns, said Dung.
A draft statement on economic and financial measures, responding to emergency situations in the coming time will also be submitted to the ASEAN Plus Three foreign ministers, he said.– NNN-VNA
