Washington D.C (VNA) – A new Senate resolution hasbeen introduced by the US ahead of the US-ASEAN Special Summit next week towelcome the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and urge continued cooperation to advance mutual interests.
US Senators Bob Menendez and Jim Risch, Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), were joined by Senators EdMarkey and Mitt Romney, Chairman and Ranking Member of the SFRC Subcommittee on EastAsia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy, in introducing theSenate resolution.
The resolution welcomes representatives from the governmentsof ASEAN member states to attend the US-ASEAN Special Summit to be held inWashington D.C. for the first time; supports and affirms the full implementation of the Asia ReassuranceInitiative Act of 2018 with regard to elevating the relationship between thetwo sides; and urges the US-ASEAN Special Summit to prioritise the pursuit of arobust economic agenda.
It reaffirms the importance of US-ASEAN economic engagement,urges ASEAN to continue its efforts to foster greater integration and unitywithin the ASEAN community, as well as to foster greater integration and unitywith non-ASEAN economic, political, and security partners; and recognises thevalue of strategic economic initiatives like US-ASEAN Connect, which demonstratesa commitment to ASEAN and the AEC and builds upon economic relationships in theregion.
It also supports ASEAN member states in addressing regional maritimeand territorial disputes in a constructive manner; and urges all concernedparties to avoid undertaking any actions that undermine stability or complicateor escalate disputes, to demilitarize islands, reefs, shoals and otherfeatures, to oppose actions by any country that prevent other countries fromexercising their sovereign rights to the resources in their exclusive economiczones and continental shelves, and to oppose unilateral declarations of administrativeand military districts in contested areas in the East Sea./.
US Senators Bob Menendez and Jim Risch, Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), were joined by Senators EdMarkey and Mitt Romney, Chairman and Ranking Member of the SFRC Subcommittee on EastAsia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy, in introducing theSenate resolution.
The resolution welcomes representatives from the governmentsof ASEAN member states to attend the US-ASEAN Special Summit to be held inWashington D.C. for the first time; supports and affirms the full implementation of the Asia ReassuranceInitiative Act of 2018 with regard to elevating the relationship between thetwo sides; and urges the US-ASEAN Special Summit to prioritise the pursuit of arobust economic agenda.
It reaffirms the importance of US-ASEAN economic engagement,urges ASEAN to continue its efforts to foster greater integration and unitywithin the ASEAN community, as well as to foster greater integration and unitywith non-ASEAN economic, political, and security partners; and recognises thevalue of strategic economic initiatives like US-ASEAN Connect, which demonstratesa commitment to ASEAN and the AEC and builds upon economic relationships in theregion.
It also supports ASEAN member states in addressing regional maritimeand territorial disputes in a constructive manner; and urges all concernedparties to avoid undertaking any actions that undermine stability or complicateor escalate disputes, to demilitarize islands, reefs, shoals and otherfeatures, to oppose actions by any country that prevent other countries fromexercising their sovereign rights to the resources in their exclusive economiczones and continental shelves, and to oppose unilateral declarations of administrativeand military districts in contested areas in the East Sea./.
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