Vietnam
re-affirmed the pursuit of renewal cause and a foreign policy of comprehensive
international integration while attending the 66th session of the UN General
Assembly and other activities.
Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, who led a
Vietnamese delegation to the events from Sept. 23-28, made the statement in an
interview granted to the New York-based Vietnam News Agency correspondent.
The minister said he delivered a speech at the
General Debate of the UN General Assembly and attended a series of meetings on
security, nuclear safety and non-communicable diseases and desertification
prevention, as well as G77 and Francophone Ministerial Meetings, the Conference
on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia (CICA) and the G3
meeting on global governance.
The Vietnamese delegation joined the ASEAN
Ministerial Meeting to prepare for the upcoming ASEAN Summit, the East Asia
Summit (EAS), and ASEAN meetings with partners.
The Vietnamese delegates were invited to
present Vietnam ’s experience in realising the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs) at meetings hosted by several donor countries.
On the side-lines of the session, Minister
Minh met UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and leaders of the UN Development
Programme (UNDP), the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and the UN Children’s Fund
(UNICEF).
He also had separate meetings with his
counterparts from 14 countries, including China, Laos, Thailand, Argentina,
Cuba, Canada, Costa Rica, the US, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovenia,
Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.
At the meetings with UN leaders, Vietnam
suggested the UN uphold its central role in maintaining international peace and
security, preventing conflicts, peacefully settling international disputes, and
reforming international economic, financial and commercial institutions.
At the meeting between ASEAN Foreign Ministers
and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Vietnamese delegation presented
experience in realising the MDGs in ASEAN countries and put forth
recommendations to further promote UN-ASEAN cooperation in this field.
During the bilateral meetings, the Vietnamese
delegation discussed specific measures to boost relations in all fields and
strengthen cooperation in the UN and multilateral forums.
VNA
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