Vietnam “regrets” that a Southeast Asian regional meeting of foreign
ministers failed to agree on a concluding joint statement, the top Vietnamese
diplomat at the event said Friday.
Pham Quang Vinh, Deputy Foreign
Minister and Head of the Vietnamese delegation, said the joint statement is
expected to reflect the process of discussion and outcomes reached in meetings
of member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and
between ASEAN and its partners.
During the discussion of the
joint statement, the ASEAN delegations exerted efforts to find out the most
suitable formulas to reflect the common interest of the member nations, and had
many chances to reach a consensus and unanimity, Vinh said.
However, he said, it is
regrettable that the opportunities to reach a consensus were missed.
But whether the joint statement
is issued or not, the existing ASEAN decisions still have to be strictly
implemented, he said.
“More than ever, ASEAN countries
should uphold their responsibility, maintain and strengthen the ASEAN
solidarity, and bring into play the group’s key role in and contributions to
prioritized and essential issues of ASEAN and the region,” the Vietnam News
Agency quoted Vinh as saying.
The Philippines, which wanted the
joint communiqué to acknowledge that ASEAN foreign ministers discussed the
standoff between Philippines and China in Scarborough Shoal, said the same day
it ASEAN's failure to issue the statement.
Thanh Nien News
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