Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. (Photo: Nhat Bac) |
At the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh congratulated the great success of the Future Summit recently held in New York, USA; highly appreciated the role of the Secretary-General and UN agencies in maintaining peace, stability, narrowing the gap and promoting development globally.
The Prime Minister thanked the United Nations for its valuable cooperation and support for Vietnam's Doi Moi and development over the past nearly 40 years. Affirming that Vietnam values and supports the central role of the United Nations in global governance, the Prime Minister stressed that Vietnam will continue to support multilateralism and international law, contribute to global efforts to promote dialogue and cooperation, and effectively participate in the United Nations peacekeeping mission.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh also asked the United Nations to continue supporting Vietnam in enhancing its resilience, responding to natural disasters, adapting to climate change, and transforming energy. UN Secretary-General António Guterres congratulated Vietnam on its socio-economic achievements; assessed Vietnam as a model of peace and sustainable development, a “star of ASEAN”; and contributed to enhancing the voice and role of developing countries.
The Secretary-General hopes to closely coordinate with Vietnam to implement the important results achieved at the Future Summit; and hopes that Vietnam will continue to take the lead in efforts to promote peace, stability, inclusive and sustainable development globally. The Secretary-General also highly agrees with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's vision and "all-people, comprehensive" approach in addressing global issues such as natural disasters, climate change, population aging, resource depletion, etc.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres congratulated Vietnam on its socio-economic achievements. (Photo: Nhat Bac) |
The two sides agreed to further strengthen ASEAN-UN relations; promote ASEAN's bridging role in promoting dialogue and cooperation in the context of complex developments in the world and the region with many emerging contradictions and conflicts.
On this occasion, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh thanked the United Nations and its member agencies for actively coordinating and supporting Vietnam in overcoming the consequences of storm Yagi (storm No. 3).
The Prime Minister respectfully invited the Secretary-General of the United Nations to visit Vietnam. The Secretary-General happily accepted the invitation and said he would arrange to visit Vietnam in the near future.
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