Deputy Defence Minister talks about Shangri-La Dialogue’s success

Thứ ba - 04/06/2019 02:58 222 0

Deputy Defence MinisterNguyen Chi Vinh said there are two successful points at the 2019 Shangri-LaDialogue which took place in Singapore from May 31 to June 2.

Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh - Photo: VNA

Talking to Vietnam News Agency reporters in Singapore afterthe three-day event, the Deputy Defence Minister noted that the record numberof governmental delegations from 57 nations and territories to the eventdemonstrated the countries’ attention to the region’s peace, stability andsecurity.

Secondly, countries all share the perception on preservingpeace and security regardless of what they want to do.

According to Vinh, the speech made by Vietnam’s DefenceMinister Ngo Xuan Lich contributed greatly to the Shangri-La Dialogue’s successin creating a peaceful environment and principles and formulas to addressdisputes.

Minister Lich’s speech mentioned many sensitive issues in theregion, such as disputes on sovereignty, political regime, trade, orscience-technology, and the East Sea is also an issue of attention at theevent, Vinh said, adding that the minister had particularly underlined theimportance of a peaceful environment for settling disputes between countries orgroups of countries. Without such an environment, the risk of conflicts, eventwars, would be very high and very near.

An example cited by Minister Lich was the dispute on the EastSea between Vietnam and China. The minister said the territorial dispute canonly be solved when two countries consider each other partners and respectinternational law and mutual interests.

In his speech, the Vietnamese minister also talked aboutVietnam’s ideas to maintain regional peace and stability, as well as to promotecooperation in addressing trans-national security challenges, especially in2020 when Vietnam takes over the rotary Chair of the Association of SoutheastAsian Nations (ASEAN).
Vietnam plans many activities in the framework of the ASEANDefence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) and ADMM Plus, including a Hanoi declarationof ASEAN defence ministers on enhancing the efficiency of ASEAN defencepartnership and the bloc’s unity and solidarity to cope with regionalchallenges.

As Chair of ASEAN in 2020, Vietnam also hopes to outline astrategic vision for Asia-Pacific in the framework of ADMM Plus which willcover all security issues in 2010-2020 and in the next 10 years. Minister Lichinformed that Vietnam is considering ways to improve the quality of ADMM Pluscooperation, and increase the responsibility of powerful members in theframework towards regional peace and stability. Meanwhile, many countries,including several powers such as the UK, France and the EU, have expressedtheir wish to join the ADMM Plus, which is an opportunity to promote theopenness and inclusiveness of the mechanism.

Regarding the speeches of the US and Chinese defence ministers,Deputy Minister Vinh said the two countries have made rather reservedstatements, which show that despite competition and dispute, no country wantsto break the ties or be affected by instability. However great the dispute is,the two powers want to seek acceptable solutions, Vinh said, added that alleyes are on the two countries’ actions in reality, particularly their attitudesto smaller countries.

Source: VNA

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