Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh addresses the opening ceremony of the 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-53).(Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(AMM-53) and related meetings are organised in the form of video conferencefrom September 9-12.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who is also the ASEAN Chair in 2020, is slatedto attend and deliver an opening speech on September 9.
A series of important conferences will take place under the chair of Vietnam’s DeputyPrime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on the first day, including the Executive Committee of the Southeast AsianNuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty (SEANWFZ)’s conference, the 27th ASEAN Coordinating Council Meeting on Sub-regional Development, the ASEAN-ChinaMinisterial Meeting, the ASEAN-Japan Ministerial Meeting, the ASEAN-Republic ofKorea Ministerial Meeting, the 21st ASEAN Plus Three ForeignMinisters’ Meeting, and the 10th East Asia Summit (EAS) ForeignMinisters’ Meeting.
Twenty seven delegations from the 10 ASEAN nations and partners will join 20meetings in the framework of the AMM-53.
Some 40 documents will be adopted at the events, including theAMM-53 Joint Communique, focusing on ASEAN's commitment to promoting theASEAN Community, economic connectivity and cooperation with dialogue partners.
On the occasion, ministers will pass several cooperation plans with partnersfor the 2021-2025 period.
The AMM-53 and related meetings are among the most important events duringVietnam’s Year of ASEAN Chairmanship in 2020. They take place amid fierce strategiccompetition between powerful countries, and heightened tension in several hotspots, as well as complicated development of the coronavirus pandemic thatclobbers every corner of the ASEAN member states’ socio-economy./.
Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Don Pramudwinai will attend the 53rd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting and Related Meetings on September 9-12 via videoconference, under the chair of Vietnam.
Vietnam will hold the 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-53) and related meetings via a video conference from September 9-12, said the organising board at an international press conference on September 7.
Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung, head of ASEAN SOM of Vietnam, chaired a meeting of senior ASEAN officials and a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Southeast Asian Nuclear Weapon Free Zone (ExCom SEANWFZ) Treaty on September 7, as the opening activities of the 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-53) and related meetings.
Deputy Foreign Minister and head of Vietnam's ASEAN SOM Nguyen Quoc Dung answered reporters’ queries about preparations and agenda for the 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-53) and related meetings during a press conference in Hanoi on September 7.
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Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh addresses the opening ceremony of the 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-53).(Photo: VNA) 
