Vietnam, UK co-chair ASEAN-UK Post-Ministerial Conference
Vietnam and the UK co-chaired the ASEAN-UK Post-Ministerial Conference to discuss shifting regional cooperation toward resilience and innovation. The meeting emphasized strengthening strategic partnerships and coordinating efforts for upcoming global leadership roles in 2027.
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This highlights the evolving diplomatic and economic ties between the UK and Southeast Asian nations in the context of global security and energy transitions.
Vietnam, UK co-chair ASEAN–UK Post-Ministerial Conference
Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung proposed that ASEAN–UK cooperation shift its focus from growth to enhancing resilience, self-reliance and innovation on the basis of increasingly strengthened mutual trust.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung and UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Ed Miliband co-chaired the ASEAN–UK Post-Ministerial Conference on July 22 as part of the 59th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-59) and related meetings in Manila, the Philippines.
Addressing the conference, Trung stressed that ASEAN–UK relations have been built over many decades. The establishment of the Dialogue Partnership in 2021 did not mark a beginning, but rather a transition to a new phase characterised by a stronger strategic vision and a higher level of institutionalisation.
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