Enhancing Viet Nam's international position in peacekeeping cooperation
VGP - The eighth ASEAN Peacekeeping Centers Network (APCN) Conference and Workshop opened in Ha Noi on June 13 under the chair of Sen. Lt. Gen. Phung Si Tan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Viet Nam People's Army.
Senior Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan and delegates to the conference. Photo: Trong Duc/VNA
The three-day event aims to affirm Viet Nam's role and responsibility and raise its international position in the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping cooperation in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
From that, it improves the effectiveness of member states' participation in the UN peacekeeping missions.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Senior Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan emphasized that this was the first time Viet Nam had the honor to assume the role of APCN President. As the Chairman of APCN, Viet Nam successfully organized the APCN Conference online in 2021.
Underlining that the Vietnamese Ministry of Defence highly values the importance and significance of this event, he said this was an opportunity for Viet Nam and APCN member countries to exchange expertise and share initiatives in preparing for the deployment of peacekeeping forces.
At the same time, member countries can discuss measures to strengthen cooperation, share training resources and effectively carry out operations during UN peacekeeping missions, and make practical contributions to the joint peacekeeping efforts of the international community.
Participants are expected to discuss and agree on the direction of APCN's activities in 2024 and the following years to strengthen the partnership on peacekeeping activities among ASEAN members.
They also discussed ways to promote cooperation and linkage and improve capacity building in peacekeeping among them, thus contributing to joint efforts in building the ASEAN Community and multilateral cooperation mechanisms on peacekeeping within the framework of the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting (ADMM).
On this occasion, lecturers and trainers on peacekeeping will have a separate discussion session to share new documents and experience in organizing training, share resources for cooperation, develop training plans to strengthen cooperation and support the sharing of training resources in the region./.
