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Viewing cable 01HANOI2946, VIETNAM RATES ASEAN MEETINGS "FULLY SUCCESSFUL"

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
01HANOI2946 2001-11-13 03:01 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Hanoi
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

130301Z Nov 01

2001HANOI02946 - UNCLASSIFIED
 
 
 
                           UNCLASSIFIED     PTQ9919

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FM AMEMBASSY HANOI
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4642
INFO AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH CITY 
ASEAN COLLECTIVE
AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 
USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI
UNCLAS HANOI 002946 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/BCLTV AND EAP/RSP 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL VM ASEAN CTERR
SUBJECT: VIETNAM RATES ASEAN MEETINGS "FULLY SUCCESSFUL" 
 
REF: BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN 00716 
 
1. (SBU) SUMMARY:   VIETNAM WAS FULLY SATISFIED WITH THE 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
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RESULTS OF THE ASEAN SUMMIT, ASEAN+3, AND ASEAN+1 MEETINGS 
IN BRUNEI NOVEMBER 5-6.  MFA OFFICIALS CLAIMED THAT PM PHAN 
VAN KHAI TOOK THE INITIATIVE IN GETTING THE STRONG 
ENDORSEMENT OF EARLY RATIFICATION BY ALL MEMBERS OF THE 12 
CONVENTIONS AGAINST TERRORISM;  TERRORISM IN GENERAL WAS ONE 
OF THE TWO MAJOR THEMES IDENTIFIED BY MFA AS DOMINATING THE 
TALKS.  THE OTHER KEY TOPIC FROM VIETNAM'S PERSPECTIVE WAS 
HOW TO MINIMIZE THE EFFECT ON ASEAN'S FUTURE OF DIVERGENT 
ECONOMIC LEVELS AND GROWTH AMONG THE "OLD" AND "NEW" 
MEMBERS.  VIETNAM RATED BRUNEI'S ORGANIZATION AND LEADERSHIP 
AS GOOD.  END SUMMARY. 
 
2.  (SBU)  MFA ASEAN DEPARTMENT DEPTUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL 
PHAM HUU CHI MET WITH POL/C AND POLOFFS ON NOVEMBER 7 
FOLLOWING HIS RETURN FROM THE ASEAN MEETINGS IN BRUNEI.  CHI 
CONFIRMED THAT MUCH OF THE SUMMIT'S DISCUSSIONS WERE 
CENTERED ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND HOW TO COPE WITH IT. 
CHI SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN IMPRESSED THAT ASEAN, AN 
ORGANIZATION THAT HAD HISTORICALLY BEEN FAIRLY WED TO A PRE- 
DETERMINED AGENDA PLANNED MONTHS IN ADVANCE, HAD BEEN ABLE 
SO QUICKLY TO INCORPORATE A FOCUS ON THIS TOPIC AFTER THE 
EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER 11.  HE CLAIMED THAT PM KHAI MADE A PUSH 
TO URGE ALL MEMBERS TO RATIFY ALL 12 CONVENTIONS AGAINST 
TERRORISM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND WAS ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN 
PUTTING FORWARD THE SUCCESSFUL PROPOSAL THAT ASEAN CONVENE 
MINISTERIAL CONFERENCES AT THE FOREIGN MINISTER AND INTERIOR 
MINISTER LEVELS, PROBABLY IN FEBRUARY AND APRIL 
RESPECTIVELY, TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT THREAT AND CONCRETE 
MEASURES TO COUNTER TERRORISM.   HE ADDED THAT PM KHAI ALSO 
PROPOSED CREATION OF AN ASEAN COORDINATION CENTER IN ORDER 
TO BE ABLE TO IMPROVE LIAISON WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH OTHER 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
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LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES SUCH AS INTERPOL.  EVENTUALLY, 
MEMBER STATES MIGHT ASSIGN A LIAISON OFFICER TO THEIR 
OVERSEAS EMBASSIES IN EACH OTHERS' COUNTRIES, HE DESCRIBED. 
 
3.  (SBU) CHI CLAIMED THAT THE LEADERS DID NOT/NOT DISCUSS 
THE ISSUE OF COALITION MILITARY ACTION IN AFGHANISTAN, AND 
THAT NONE OF THE LEADERS HAD ADVOCATED A STATEMENT OF 
SUPPORT FOR ONGOING ACTIONS BY THE US AND THE INTERNATIONAL 
COALITION.  HE SAID THAT THE LEADERS FOCUSED ON COUNTER- 
MEASURES AGAINST TERRORISM IN THE REGION INSTEAD. 
 
4.  (SBU) ACCORDING TO CHI, LEADERS DISCUSSED CONCERNS ABOUT 
ASEAN'S FUTURE GIVEN DEVELOPMENTAL GAPS BETWEEN THE "OLD" 
AND "NEW" MEMBERS.  CHI STATED THAT ASEAN COULD NOT "MOVE 
FORWARD IF NEIGHBORS ARE TOO POOR."  HE CITED THE DISPARITY 
BETWEEN THAILAND AND MYANMAR AS A CASE IN POINT.  CHI NOTED 
PARTICULAR GAPS WITHIN ASEAN REGARDING INFRASTRUCTURE 
(INCLUDING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY) AND HUMAN RESOURCES 
DEVELOPMENT.  HE SAID THE LEADERS HAD ALSO DISCUSSED THE 
NEED TO PROMOTE INTRA-ASIAN TRADE ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE 
GLOBAL ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN.  HE POINTED TO CAMBODIAN PRIME 
MINISTER HUN SEN'S PROPOSAL TO CREATE ANOTHER GROWTH 
TRIANGLE FOR THE MEKONG REGION AS AN EXAMPLE.  LEADERS ALSO 
DISCUSSED THE NEED TO COMPLETE SINGAPORE-KUNMING RAIL LINKS 
(VIA CAMBODIA AND VIETNAM). 
 
5.  (U)   CHI NOTED VIETNAM'S SATISFACTION WITH THE PROPOSAL 
TO BRING CHINA INTO THE ASEAN FREE TRADE AREA BUT NOTED THAT 
IT COULD TAKE UP TO TEN YEARS TO ACCOMPLISH.  MINISTRIES OF 
TRADE WILL BE EXPLORING THE MODALITIES OF THIS PROPOSAL, HE 
SAID. 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
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6.  (SBU)  CHI EXPLAINED THAT LEADERS HAD DISCUSSED, WITHOUT 
CONCLUSION, THE IDEA OF AN ASEAN SUMMIT WITH INDIA, ON AN 
ANNUAL OR BIANNUAL BASIS.  HE SAID THAT SOUTH KOREA, WITH 
SUPPORT FROM JAPAN AND MALAYSIA, HAD SOUGHT TO STRENGTHEN 
THE ASEAN+3 PROCESS (MUCH ALONG THE LINES OF THE EARLIER 
EAEC CONCEPT), WHILE SINGAPORE REMAINED OPPOSED TO SUCH 
ACTION.  HE CLAIMED THAT THE ONLY DISCUSSION OF THE 
SPRATLEYS DURING THE ASEAN+3 MEETING CAME WHEN CHINA AND THE 
PHILIPPINES SEPARATELY EXPRESSED HOPES FOR THE CONCLUSION OF 
A CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THE REGION.  CHI ALSO SAID THAT IN 
ORDER TO EXPAND ASEAN'S EXTERNAL RELATIONS FURTHER, THE 
"MYANMAR PROBLEM" WILL HAVE TO BE RESOLVED. 
 
8.  (SBU) CHI RATED THE MEETINGS AS "FULLY SUCCESSFUL" AND 
NOTED THAT VIETNAM WAS "FULLY SATISFIED."  HE GAVE GOOD 
MARKS TO BRUNEI'S ORGANIZATION AND LEADERSHIP.  THE ONLY 
GLITCH CAME DURING THE LAO PRIME MINISTER'S REMARKS, MOST OF 
WHICH FOR SOME REASON WERE NOT TRANSLATED SO THE OTHER 
LEADERS COULD NOT UNDERSTAND HIM. 
PORTER 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED