Update: April, 24/2021 - 17:00 |
Vietnamese foreign minister Bùi Thanh Sơn (right) had talks with Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary General on Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener on Saturday. Photo from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
JAKARTA Vietnamese foreign minister Bùi Thanh Sơn meet with Special Envoy for the United Nations Secretary General on Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener in Indonesia on Saturday on the sidelines of the ASEAN leaders’ summit.
They shared updates on the situation in Myanmar and Burgerner expressed her concerns at the losses of human lives in the country and her hope that ASEAN will take positive steps to help settle the situation, bringing stability and peace to Myanmar.
At the meeting (Photo: asean.org)
Jakarta (VNA) – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Italy recently
convened the first meeting of the
ASEAN-Italy Development Partnership Committee
(AI-DPC) in the form of a videoconference.
The event marked the
launch of ASEAN-Italy formal partnership where both sides identified a number
of projects and programmes of mutually beneficial cooperation.
Deputy
Secretary-General of ASEAN for Economic Community Satvinder Singh co-chaired
the meeting with Ambassador of the Italian Republic to ASEAN Benedetto Latteri.
At the meeting, Italy
announced its intention to contribute 2.5 million EUR to the COVID-19 ASEAN
Response Fund to support ASEAN’s response to the pandemic.
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Myanmar s Senior General Min Aung Hlaing arrives for an ASEAN leaders meeting at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Apr 24, 2021. (Photo: Indonesian Presidential Palace/via AP Images)
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SINGAPORE: Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing has said he is not opposed to a visit by a delegation from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to help resolve the crisis in the country.
Vietnam s Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son stressed the importance of restraint, a halt to violence, humanitarian support, use of dialogue and the central role of ASEAN in addressing Myanmar crisis. - VnExpress International