Both the East Asia Summit (EAS) and the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) need
to make further contributions to the region’s common goals of peace, stability,
security and cooperation in the region.
Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham
Binh Minh made the remarks at the 2nd EAS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and the
19th ARF held in Phnom Penh on July 12.
He said EAS and ARF should
coordinate and supplement other regional cooperation frameworks such as ASEAN
plus 1, ASEAN plus 3, and ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting plus (ADMM+).
FM Minh affirmed that EAS
continues providing a platform for leaders to discuss important strategic
issues, including politics, security and development in the common interest of
regional countries and on the basis of goals, principles and capacity of EAS.
The summit should continue
promoting the five existing joint priorities and other important cooperation
areas, including the establishment of a free trade area in East Asia, and the
fight against natural disasters, terrorism and transnational crimes, he said.
Minh also stressed the necessity
that ARF further promotes its role as a leading regional forum on
politics-security.
The forum needs to effectively
implement the Hanoi Plan of Action and the ARF vision statement 2020, boost
cooperation to address non-traditional security challenges, such as natural
disasters, terrorism, climate change, maritime security and safety.
At both meetings, the Vietnamese
diplomat expressed his concern over recent complications in the East Sea with
violations to the sovereign and jurisdictional rights over the exclusive
economic zone and continental shelf of coastal nations.
Minh said that countries must
respect principles of international law, especially the 1982 UN Convention on
the Law of the Sea, including regulations in respect for the exclusive economic
zone and continental shelf of coastal nations, without the use of force and
settlement of disputes through peaceful means.
He also stressed the full
implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea
(DOC) and building the Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC) soon.
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