(VOVworld) - The Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh met with the Foreign Ministers of Finland and Tanzania on Wednesday after attending the opening ceremony of the 69th UN General Assembly session which convened on Tuesday at the UN headquarters in New York.
Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh meets with Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Toumioja at UN headquarters in New York on September 24th, 2014
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Meeting with Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Toumioja, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh thanked the Government of Finland for continued provision of official development assistance for Viet Nam. He suggested both countries further boost bilateral economic and trade cooperation, saying he welcomed Finland’s investment in green technology, new energies, forestry, clean water supplies, and education, which help boost sustainable development in Viet Nam. In his meeting with his Tanzanian counterpart Bernard Kamillius Membe, he asked the government of Tanzania to create favorable conditions for the project jointly carried out by Viet Nam’s Viettel group and the Epocha company of Tanzania. Minister Bernard Kamillius Membe said that Tanzanian President will visit Viet Nam next month. He said that Tanzania backs Viet Nam’s bid to join ECOSOC for the 2016-2018 term and become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the 2020-2021 period.
Later the same day, Deputy Prime Minister Minh met and exchanged views with prestigious US scholars from the Asia Society regarding the recent situation in Asia-Pacific region, where he highlighted both the opportunities and emerging challenges facing the region. He reiterated Vietnam’s external policies of independence, self-control, multilateralization, diversification, and active international integration, adding that Vietnam has actively contributed to maintaining peace, stability, cooperation, and development in the region to build an ASEAN Community by 2015. He highlighted the determination of the Vietnamese party, government, and people, in protecting national independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity, while settling the East Sea disputes by peaceful means and in accordance with international law, the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea, and soon reach a Code of Conduct in the East Sea.