On April 18, 2010, in response to questions from the media about the reason why Vietnam has not yet issued an ASEAN Chair’s Statement and not convened a special ASEAN Summit on the recent situation in Thailand, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nguyen Phuong Nga said:

“Vietnam always respects the ASEAN’s principles of consensus and non-interference in the internal affairs of any member country.

    As the ASEAN Chair, Vietnam timely consulted with Thailand and other ASEAN member countries on issuing the Chair’s Statement on the recent unrest in Thailand.

    Based on feedbacks from ASEAN member countries, the fact that many ASEAN member countries already expressed their view and the developments of the situation in Thailand, Vietnam finds it unnecessary to issue the statement at this point.
 
    Through consultations, ASEAN member countries did not endorsed a convention of a special ASEAN Summit on the Thai’s situation./.