President Moon Jae-in attended the 22nd ASEAN-Korea video summit on the afternoon of the 26th and announced, "We will donate an additional $5 million to the ASEAN Response Fund for Corona to speed up the pace of ASEAN's vaccines."
"We will contribute to the economic recovery of ASEAN by strengthening cooperation for global supply chain safety," he added.
In their remarks, President Moon emphasized that "the delta mutation has recently spread mainly in regions with low vaccine penetration and the recovery of the global economy is constrained." "The only way to overcome Corona is solidarity and cooperation."
“ASEAN has become a model of solidarity and cooperation by embodying the spirit of one ASEAN in the face of a pandemic (global pandemic),” he said. will," he said.
President Moon also requested continued support from the ASEAN level to make practical progress toward complete denuclearization and establishment of lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula through the prompt resumption of inter-Korean and North Korea-U.S. dialogue.
At this meeting, the ASEAN-ROK leaders adopted a joint statement that summarized the achievements of ASEAN-ROK cooperation based on the New Southern Policy promoted by the government and reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening future cooperation.
The statement included the complete and effective implementation of the “Korea-ASEAN Action Plan for the Implementation of the Joint Vision Statement for Peace, Prosperity and Partnership,” and the discovery of new areas of cooperation through the ASEAN-Korea Think Tank Strategic Dialogue. .
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