Diplomatic sector to strive harder to reinforce established ties
Diplomatic sector to strive harder to reinforce established ties: Deputy PM
The most important task for external work in 2019 is to intensify established relations and enhance the mutual interests between Vietnam and its key partners, especially neighbouring, regional, and major countries, along with strategic and comprehensive partners.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh addresses the ministry's meeting in Hanoi on January 21 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The most important task for externalwork in 2019 is to intensify established relations and enhance the mutualinterests between Vietnam and its key partners, especially neighbouring,regional, and major countries, along with strategic and comprehensive partners.
The remark was made by Deputy Prime Minister andForeign Minister Pham Binh Minh at a meeting in Hanoi on January 21 to reviewthe ministry’s performance in 2018 and set up tasks for the rest of the year.
He noted that despite the complex andunpredictable developments in the world and the region in 2018, the Party andState’s external work has been carried out in a proactive, creative, andeffective manner, thus fulfilling the tasks assigned.
Under the sound and direct leadership of Partyand State leaders, methodological, concrete, and effective steps have beentaken, thereby greatly helping to maintain peace and stability, attractexternal resources to national development, firmly safeguard the country’ssovereignty and territorial integrity, and promote Vietnam’s stature in theinternational arena, he said.
Amid the country’s intensive integration intothe world, the diplomatic sector needs to play a more active role in seekingmarkets for Vietnamese goods; mobilising external resources; and helping withthe implementation of new-generation free trade agreements, particularly theComprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
Minh added that this year, the sector will pushon with multilateral diplomacy. Notably, Vietnam will make preparations for itsholding of the ASEAN Chair in 2020 and run for a non-permanent seat in theUnited Nations Security Council for 2020-2021.
The diplomatic sector will also have to closelycoordinate with defence and security agencies to help ensure nationalsovereignty and territorial integrity, especially security and sovereignty atsea, the Deputy PM noted.
He said that in order to fulfil those tasks, thesector needs to step up strengthening the political firmness and specialisedcapacity of its staff. He also requested better coordination between the foreignministry and other ministries, sectors, and localities nationwide in externaland international integration activities so as to ensure the ultimate goal ofmeeting national interests. –VNA
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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh addresses the ministry's meeting in Hanoi on January 21 (Photo: VNA) 
