On the afternoon of May 20 (local time), Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and leaders of many countries and international organizations attended the expanded G7 Summit held in Hiroshima, Japan.
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Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and his wife hosted the official welcoming ceremony for Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and other leaders attending the conference.
Afterwards, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and other leaders attended a discussion session on the topic "Working together to handle multiple crises".
This is the first session of the expanded G7 Summit, attended by senior leaders of G7 countries, 8 guest countries and a number of major international organizations. The leaders discussed measures to respond to unprecedented crises that are occurring more and more frequently in many areas such as food, health, economic development, etc.
G7 needs to continue supporting developing countries through green finance
In an important speech at the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh shared that the current unprecedented context requires actions beyond precedent with a global, all-people approach and promoting multilateralism.
The Head of the Vietnamese Government emphasized that the urgent requirement is to promote and create new driving forces for the recovery of growth and development of the global economy in a greener, cleaner, and more sustainable direction.
From there, the Prime Minister proposed the need to improve the effectiveness of global economic governance, strengthen policy coordination, especially in interest rates, finance - currency, trade and investment, and reform the multilateral trade system with the central role of the WTO.
The Prime Minister welcomed the G7 initiative on the Global Partnership for Infrastructure and Investment (PGII) and suggested that the G7 continue to support developing countries through providing green finance and cooperation in developing strategic infrastructure systems, especially in transportation.
Delivering a message on promoting more substantive and effective global partnerships, the Prime Minister emphasized that promoting international solidarity and persistent multilateral cooperation are the keys to resolving current challenges and complexities; taking people as the center, driving force, subject, resource and goal of development.
Affirming that Vietnam highly appreciates the Hiroshima Declaration of Action on global self-reliant food security, the Prime Minister suggested that the G7 and its partners step up opening agricultural markets, promote green agricultural cooperation, and increase participation and support in implementing South-South and trilateral cooperation mechanisms in ensuring global food security.
In addition, the head of the Vietnamese Government emphasized that determination and action on a global scale to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are more important than ever.
In the spirit of leaving no one and no country behind, the Prime Minister called on G7 countries and development partners to have specific action plans, increase resource support to implement SDG goals, narrow the digital gap, master pioneering technology, ensure cross-border water security, enforce gender equality and build effective mechanisms to respond to future medical emergencies.
On this occasion, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed that Vietnam always appreciates the practical and timely assistance of G7 countries and the international community in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic and in post-pandemic socio-economic recovery and development.
The Prime Minister affirmed that Vietnam is always a proactive, active, and responsible member of the international community and actively contributes to efforts to solve common global challenges, for sustainable development, prosperity of humanity, and happiness of the people.
Creating new drivers for sustainable development
At the meeting, G7 leaders and guests focused on discussing measures to strengthen cooperation, promote economic recovery and sustainable development.
Discussions emphasized that the world is facing many difficulties due to the impact of intertwined crises, including the risk of rising debt in many poor and developing countries, and increasing development gaps and inequality.
In addition, delegates also emphasized the need to put development at the center, strengthen resource mobilization initiatives, promote public-private partnership in infrastructure development, including implementing the G7's PGII initiative.
The leaders shared their views and proposed many solutions to create new momentum for the 2030 agenda on sustainable development; focusing on mobilizing resources from the private sector, strengthening finance for development, reforming the global financial system, ensuring debt transparency, continuing cooperation in health and gender equality.
The meeting endorsed the vigorous implementation of the Hiroshima Action Declaration on Global Self-Reliant Food Security initiated by Japan.
The expanded G7 Summit was attended by leaders of the seven leading industrialized countries and prestigious countries and international organizations to discuss promoting cooperation in dealing with global issues. This is the third time Vietnam has been invited to attend the G7 Summit in the past 7 years. This reflects the recognition and positive evaluation of the G7 countries and the international community for Vietnam's position, prestige as well as its efforts and positive, responsible contributions to promoting international cooperation in addressing global challenges in recent times. |
Thu Hang (From Hiroshima, Japan)
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