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ASEAN ensures nuclear safety and security

by VTV431 July 2019 Last updated at 17:12 PM

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ASEAN ensures nuclear safety and security
VTV.vn - Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh urged ASEAN member states to bolster their partnership in regional nuclear safety and security during a meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, on July 30th.

He was in the Thai capital to attend the Meeting of the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ) Commission, as part of the 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM-52). In his remarks at the meeting, the Vietnamese Deputy PM highlighted the commission's significant role in ensuring the absence of nuclear arms and weapons of mass destruction in the region.

He called for greater efforts from ASEAN to remove barriers to enable five states with nuclear weapons to sign the Protocol to the SEANWFZ Treaty.