Vietnam wants to
promote the central role of the United Nations and the International Atomic
Energy Agency to ensure nuclear security and safety in the world, Prime
Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said Tuesday.
The PM was speaking at the two-day Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul in
South Korea.
He said Vietnam's view was to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes
only and ensuring nuclear safety and security.
Dung told participants that Vietnam had been building a legal framework
and safe and secure infrastructure so that it could apply nuclear power and
take part in related international treaties and initiatives.
He said Vietnam was actively working with other Asean nations to build
a peaceful and stable Southeast Asian region free from nuclear weapons.
He said non-proliferation of nuclear weapons was an important factor
for nuclear security and safety and that every nation had the right to use
nuclear energy and technology for peaceful purposes.
Any differences should be addressed in terms of the UN charter and
international law through peaceful measures.
The summit focused on reviewing the progress made since the 2010
Washington Summit, national measures and international cooperation to enhance
nuclear security and future commitment, and the interface between nuclear
security and safety.
At the end of the summit, the leaders of 53 countries adopted a
communique covering measures to ensure nuclear security and safety throughout
the world.
The third Nuclear Security Summit will be held in the Netherlands in
2014.
PM meets other leaders
Prime Minister Dung held bilateral meetings with international
politicians on the sideline of the second Seoul Nuclear Security Summit.
In a meeting with New Zealand counterpart John Key, Dung proposed the
early signing of an agreement on avoiding double taxation and a cooperative
accord on education and training.
The PM also proposed organising the fourth session of the Joint
Committee for Economic and Trade Cooperation this year.
Key said he hoped the two countries would increase cooperation in
international and regional forums, boost visits of defence delegations and
cooperate in logistics and the defence industry.
He also urged speeding up the implementation of the Asean-Australia-New
Zealand Free Trade Agreement and trade and investment promotion.
In another meeting with Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, PM
Dung praised Britain's role in promoting nuclear security and safety and its
initiatives at the Seoul summit.
Dung suggested that both countries exchange information on issues of
mutual concern and promote bilateral cooperation in trade, investment and
education.
He said he hoped Britain would continue to support Vietnam in
developing the international Vietnam-UK University to help Vietnamese students
study in Britain.
Clegg said there was a need for the two countries to increase two-way
trade value to US$4 billion by 2013.
PM Dung also met his Pakistani counterpart Raza Gilani. The two were
delighted at increasing two-way trade that hit $325 million last year.
They also discussed signing agreements encouraging investment. Dung
said the two countries should enhance ventures in investment, culture,
education and training.
In a meeting with Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt, PM Dung
said he was delighted at the success both sides had enjoyed in celebrating 40
years of diplomatic relations in 2011.
In addition to decades of successful relations, Vietnam and Denmark
recently established strategic partnerships in the areas of climate change
adaptation, environmental protection, green growth and energy.
Schmidt asked Vietnam to offer preferential policies for Danish investors
to maintain long-term businesses in the country, especially in areas such as
food processing, renewable energy, green and environmentally-friendly
technology, among others.
Meeting with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and President
of the EU Commission Jose Manuel Barroso, Dung asked the EU to make further
efforts to allow negotiations for the Free Trade Agreement to begin and to soon
recognise Vietnam as a market economy.
Later, Dung met with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto. The Vietnamese
leader said he hoped that Finland would continue to assist Vietnam in the areas
of poverty reduction, climate change adaptation and forestry.
In a discussion with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, both
leaders agreed to work closely to celebrate 40 years of diplomatic relations in
2013. Though bilateral trade topped $5 billion in 2011, Dung said both
countries had the potential to reach higher targets.
Gillard said she hoped the two countries would further cooperate in
economics, commerce, investment, high technology, education, security and
national defence and other activities at regional and international forums.
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