Plenary session of the ASEAN opened in Vientiane
In Laos, the Plenary Session of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations opened in Vientiane. On the sidelines of this event the Foreign Ministers of China and Russia met to discuss bilateral relations. teleSUR
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00:00In Laos, the plenary session of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations opened in Vientiane.
00:06The three-day meeting was attended by Southeast Asian foreign ministers to strengthen the
00:11region's external cooperation.
00:13During the opening stage of the summit, the Association's member nations discussed the
00:18stocktaking of community-building efforts and the organization's external relations.
00:24The ministers also reaffirmed their commitment to support the chairmanship of ASEAN by the
00:29Lao People's Democratic Republic under the theme Asian Enhancing Connectivity and Resilience.
00:39On the sidelines of this event, the foreign ministers of Russia and China met to enhance
00:45bilateral relations.
00:46During the meeting, Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi discussed
00:51the issues of cooperation in the areas of partnership.
00:55For his part, Wang Yi affirmed that China is ready to work with Russia to maintain the
01:00architecture of regional cooperation, centered on partnership, open and inclusive against
01:06imperialism disturbances and obstacles.
01:15The huge potential of Russia and China, as well as the participation of Moscow and Beijing
01:20in BRICS and the SCO, which Minister Wang Yi just mentioned, can have a positive impact
01:26on both our cooperation with ASEAN and on cooperation processes with individual ASEAN
01:31members in the interests of resolving global and regional problems on the solid basis of
01:36the principles of the United Nations Charter in their entirety and interconnection.