May 15, 2022 | 18:40 (GMT+7)
PM’s trip affirms Vietnam’s commitment to U.N.: ambassador
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s working visit to the United Nations (U.N.) sends out a strong message and is an opportunity for Vietnam to affirm its foreign policy and its commitment as a friend and an active and responsible member of the international community, Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the U.N., has said.
In an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency, the diplomat added through the visit, Vietnam also highlights its policy on promoting multilateral diplomacy in the international arena.
Giang announced that the PM is scheduled to meet key leaders of the U.N., thereby affirming Vietnam's contribution to the bloc's common agenda, especially in addressing global challenges.
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Officers and soldiers of Vietnam's Level 2 Field Hospital Rotation 3 leave for peacekeeping duty in Bentiu, South Sudan. |
He recalled Vietnam’s major contributions to the U.N. since it became a member of the organization in 1977, including its twice holding of the position of a non-permanent member of the Security Council and twice for the position of a member of the Economic and Social Council, as well as its joining of U.N. mechanisms on human rights, culture, and education.
On the Vietnam-U.N. relations in the time to come, Ambassador Giang said the country’s position and role, consolidated and development over the past, will continue to be heightened. Vietnam will continue to make use of U.N.’s resources and experience in its sustainable socio-economic development and, at the same time, also continue its important contributions to the common agenda of the organization on peace, development, and socio-economic matters.
The ultimate goal is for both the U.N. and Vietnam to join hands toward the noble objectives of the U.N., keeping the future generations from the tragedies of wars, and bringing about peace and stability to all the people in the world, he concluded.
Source: VNA