Ambassador Le Hoai Trung, Head of the Permanent Representative Mission of Vietnam to the UN made the statement on July 9 at the ongoing UN Conference on Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) in New York, the US.

To get more countries involved in the ATT, the treaty should be negotiated in a transparent and open manner to consider the stances of all parties concerned, he said.

The treaty should be built without discrimination based on the equal basis of respect for the fundamental principles of international laws and the UN Charter, independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity, and non-interference in the internal affairs of other nations.

Ambassador Trung emphasized that the transfer of weapons because this is an important mechanism for preventing the bringing of weapons to illegal markets.

Any transfer of weapons needs to take into account the principle of non-use of force or threat to use force in international relations and the principle of peaceful settlement of disputes, the responsibility of concerned States towards international, regional and sub-regional commitments, including decisions made by the UN Security Council.

As a responsible member of the international community, Vietnam will join other countries in building legally bound international documents to deal with the consequences of illegal transfer of conventional weapons, Mr Trung said.