Foreign Minister Trung addressed the ASEAN-US Foreign Ministers' Meeting as part of the 59th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM-59) and related meetings in the Philippines on Wednesday.
For economic cooperation, the Minister suggested that ASEAN and the US promote trade and investment in an open, transparent, and mutually beneficial manner. He stressed the need to strengthen cooperation in digital economy, artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductors, science and technology, and innovation.
The FM also requested the United States to continue supporting cooperation in the Mekong sub-region, particularly in water resource management, climate change response, sustainable infrastructure development, and human resource training.
On regional and international issues, Minister Trung praised the United States' continued support for ASEAN's principled stance on the East Sea and called on the US to continue contributing to building an open, inclusive, transparent, resilient, and rules-based regional architecture, with ASEAN at its center.
Concerning the Middle East situation, the Foreign Minister urged all parties to promote dialogue and restore safe and unobstructed shipping lanes through the Strait of Hormuz. He emphasized the importance of ensuring freedom of navigation in accordance with international law, particularly the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
