HANOI, January 14 (Itar-Tass) - A meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) opened in the Vietnamese city of Danang on Thursday.A session of the ASEAN Coordinating Committee and the Association's Public Council for Political and Security Affairs is to be also held within the framework of the ministerial meeting.
These consultations, which have officially ushered in a year of Vietnam's presidency at the ASEAN, will focus on a discussion of themes aimed at giving greater scope to interaction within the scope of the Association with a view to maintaining peace and stability in the region.
The Ministers are also to discuss their countries' preparations for an ASEAN summit that is to be held in Hanoi at the end of this year under the motto "ASEAN Community: From Vision to Action".
As has been stated by Vietnam's Deputy Foreign Minister Dao Viet Trung, General Secretary of the National Committee for the Observance of the 2010 Year of ASEAN, Vietnam, while performing the functions of the Association's presiding country, will devote paramount attention to the strengthening of solidarity and enhancement of interconnection among all ASEAN members. Vietnam as ASEAN's presiding country, will hold a series of ministerial meetings and two summits, including an ASEAN one, and arrange for their consultations with Dialogue Partner Countries, and hold a session of the Regional Security Forum.
The ASEAN brings together the following ten Southeast Asian countries: Brunei, Vietnam, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and the Philippines. Vietnam became an ASEAN member in 1995 and already performed the duties of presiding country in 1998.
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As usual Vietnam want to take the high road by preaching peace and stability...as long as any member of the ASEAN have ambition toward their weaker or smaller neighbor and the conflict will continue...
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