(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam has taken advantage of the opportunity as the ASEAN Chair to become a bridge promoting intra-ASEAN connection as well as links between the bloc with its dialogue partners, a Canadian expert has said.
The ASEAN-Canada Foreign Ministers Meeting, September 10, within the framework of AMM 53. (baoquocte.vn)
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In an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency, Jonathan Berkshire Miller, Director and co-founder of the Ottawa-based Council on International Policy, highly valued Vietnam's role in continuing to harmonise relations with China while striving to strengthen partnership within ASEAN and in the Indo-Pacific region as well.
Meanwhile, Luis Silva, a Canadian expert on government relations, expressed his optimism about the prospects of cooperation between ASEAN and Canada in the coming time. According to the expert, Canada and ASEAN are implementing a working plan under the Canada-ASEAN Joint Declaration on Trade and Investment, and considering the possibility of signing a free trade agreement.