At the meeting (Source: ) Hanoi (VNA) –Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Minh Vu attended the 9th Foreign Ministers’Meeting of the Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC) in SantoDomingo, the Dominican Republic, on November 9.
Addressing the event, DeputyMinister Vu highlighted the positive and steady development of the forum overthe past 20 years over areas of politics-society, economy-trade, cultural andpeople-to-people exchange.
He proposed that in thecoming time, the forum should further exploit the advantage of the two regionson development potential, cultural diversity and people’s dynamism to boost thesustainable, inclusive and creative growth of East Asia and Latin America aswell as friendship among people of both sides.
He thanked FEALAC membercountries for supporting the project initiated by Vietnam in fostering EastAsia-Latin America cultural exchange through the Hue Festival. He took theoccasion to invite representatives of the countries to join the Hue Festival2020 scheduled for April 1-6.
He also expressed his hopethat the member countries will continue supporting Vietnam’s initiative onFEALAC cultural city network.
Participants at the eventreviewed the development of the forum over the past two decades and definedorientations for future cooperation.
They adopted the SantoDomingo Statement affirming their commitments in cooperating in politics,society, culture, tourism, science-technology and trade, and enhancing publicawareness of the forum.
They also pledged to abide bythe UN Charter as well as regulations recognised broadly by international law,thus maintaining peace, stability and maritime and aviation security andsafety.
Earlier, FEALAC senior officialsalso convened their meeting, along with the third meeting of the FEALAC TrustFund’s Coordinating Committee, and several other meetings.
During his stay, DeputyMinister Vu had meetings with Dominican Minister of Regional Integration MiguelMejia and Deputy Foreign Minister Jose Blanco, and laid flowers at the Ho ChiMinh Square in Santo Domingo. He also met bilaterally with heads of thedelegations from Cuba, Ecuador and Peru.
At the meetings, the twosides discussed measures to bolster relations between Vietnam and the countriesand continue coordinating closely together at international organisations andmultilateral forums and support each other in dealing with sovereignty disputesthrough peaceful measures in line with international law, especially the UNCharter and the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 1982./.
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