Jakarta: The Open-ended Troika Virtual Meeting between ASEAN Foreign Ministers and the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom on covid-19 was held on Wednesday.
The Meeting was chaired by Pham Binh Minh, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Viet Nam, in his capacity as the Chair of ASEAN 2020.
"The Meeting expressed concerns regarding the continued spread and severity of covid-19," said the Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister in a press release on Wednesday.
The Meeting underlined the need for close collaboration and coordinated efforts to strengthen multilateral frameworks in ensuring a strong global response to the covid-19 pandemic, particularly on vaccine production.
The Meeting also welcomed the UK’s support for ASEAN’s efforts to achieve a comprehensive and sustainable recovery from the covid-19 pandemic.
ASEAN Member States welcomed the UK’s confirmation that they have refocused £50 million of UK funding within ASEAN specifically to tackle the covid-19, inluding its intention to contribute £1 million to the Covid-19 ASEAN Response Fund to support ASEAN’s response to the health impacts of covid-19.
In addition, ASEAN Member States also welcomed the UK’s contribution of £0.2 million to continue cooperation with the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Centre).
"The Meeting looked forward to concerted efforts and close cooperation between the ASEAN Member States and the UK in order to emerge from the unprecedented global challenge posed by covid-19 stronger and more resilient," he stated.
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