At the event, ASEAN and the RoK spoke highly of the active development in their cooperation, including their effective coordination in pandemic response and an increase of 9 percent in trade that amounted to around 53 billion USD in the first four months of this year.

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Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung

They reached an agreement on continuing to prioritize collaboration in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and coordinating in mitigating the pandemic’s socio-economic impacts for comprehensive recovery and sustainable growth.

Additionally, they emphasized efforts to soon ratify and enforce the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, contributing to strengthening regional economic connectivity.

Regarding regional and global issues of mutual concern, both ASEAN and the RoK stressed the need to maintain an environment of peace, security, and stability and to create conditions for anti-pandemic and recovery efforts.

The RoK voiced its support for ASEAN’s stance on the East Sea (South China Sea) issue and hailed the bloc’s role in promoting cooperation, dialogue and trust building in the region, and in building an effective and efficient Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC) in accordance with international law and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 (UNCLOS 1982).

Translated by Chung Anh