This file handout photo from the Thai Royal Government taken and released on April 14, 2020 shows multiple screens of a live video conference for the special Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Plus Three Summit on the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic that was being held in Hanoi. (ROYAL THAI GOVERNMENT / AFP)

HANOI - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, China, Japan and South Korea (ASEAN Plus Three) have agreed to promote effective cooperation in order to improve capacity coping with COVID-19 while minimizing its impact and promoting recovery and sustainable development.

The participants also committed to promoting regional economic linkage and striving to complete the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) as scheduled, said the report

This is a key result of the ASEAN Plus Three Senior Officials' Meeting held on Monday in form of video conference under the chair of Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung, Vietnam News Agency reported.

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The ASEAN suggested that China, Japan and South Korea enhance coordination in the research and production of vaccines against COVID-19, as well as in regional common efforts to mitigate the impact of the pandemic.

The participants also committed to promoting regional economic linkage and striving to complete the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) as scheduled, said the report.

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