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| Cambodian Pm Hun Sen receives Pm Nguyen Tan Dung throughout the twentieth ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh. — VNA/VNS Photo Duc Tam |
The leaders from the ten-member bloc once more confirmed their strong resolve for a built-in, connected, people-centred and rule-based region.
"We've had substantive, frank and productive discussions throughout both plenary and retreat periods where we examined the progress that people have accomplished and find out the challenges we haven't yet overcome within the implementation from the ASEAN Charter," Hun Sen told reporters in the closing press conference in Phnom Penh yesterday.
All ASEAN leaders decided to adopt two important documents in the Phnom Penh Declaration on ASEAN: One Community, One Future and Phnom Penh Agenda on ASEAN Community Building.
"Additionally, we examined and adopted the ASEAN leaders' Declaration on Drug-Free ASEAN 2015, which may considerably boost the welfare of ASEAN people, especially youth," Hun Sen stated.
Hun Sen stated because the chairman of ASEAN this season, he asked for all of the ASEAN leaders think about the Phnom Penh Agenda on ASEAN Community Building which concentrates on real challenges ASEAN is presently facing and determining key measures to understand the ASEAN Community by 2015.
ASEAN leaders also talked about several important the process of stability and security in the area.
They reaffirmed their collective determination to keep the centrality and positive role of ASEAN because the primary driving pressure in the relations and cooperation with Dialogue Partners and exterior parties within an changing regional architecture.
Talking with Viet Nam News in the finish from the summit, outgoing ASEAN General-Secretary Surin Pitsuwan stated that one of the most important outcomes of this summit was the confidence within the resolution from the problem of Myanmar.
"The very first time, every member condition and dialogue partner sent observation teams, that was acceptable for people. Came from here, it reveals tremendous possibilities for all of us,Inch he stated.
"This is exactly why the phone call for lifting the sanctions [on Myanmar because the the nineteen nineties] is really important it's associated with the prosperity of ASEAN," stated Surin.
Around the problem of East Ocean, all ASEAN leaders reaffirmed the significance of the Declaration around the Conduct of Parties within the South China Ocean (DOC) signed within the same city ten years ago. A move for that eventual realisation of the regional code of conduct (COC) is preferred.
Talking about the COC, Surin stated: "I believe there is a political will and incredibly strong commitment from each side [ASEAN and China]. The momentum in the this past year may be the good sign."
"There's ASEAN collective curiosity about this East Ocean problem. To be sure the emphasis, the interest and also the focus can vary in one country to another, however the important factor is the ten nations agree it needs to be resolved."
In the 20th ASEAN Summit Retreat, Viet Nam's Pm Nguyen Tan Dung tabled many important plans, concentrating on regional problems with common concern. Among them were the East Ocean problem, sub-regional cooperation and measures to bolster ASEAN's role when confronted with recently emerging challenges for example disasters, global warming and maritime security.
Younger crowd recommended that ASEAN come up with a declaration around the security water assets in the area and boost the bloc's moves to help foreign relations.
Based on the Vietnamese Government leader, peace and stability within the East Ocean, including maritime safety and security, is a very common concern for the whole region and each member country.
Both sides concerned should meet up to resolve the East Ocean dispute by approaching with peaceful solutions in compliance with worldwide laws and regulations, specially the UNCLOS, and step-up the entire implementation from the DOC and regarding the COC, he stressed.
He appeared by stating that the ASEAN Global Dialogue in November 2012 will further enhance cooperation between ASEAN and global banking institutions to cope with emerging economic and financial challenges.