Sunday, April 17, 2011

NGHỊ SĨ MỸ JIM WEBB SẼ THĂM VIỆT NAM (RFI)


Thanh Hà  -  RFI
Chủ nhật 17 Tháng Tư 2011

Theo ngun tin t Thượng vin Hoa Kỳ, trong vòng công du châu Á din ra t ngày 16 đến 29/04/2011, Thượng ngh sĩ Jim Webb s ln lượt viếng thăm Hàn Quc, Vit Nam, Nht Bn và đo Guam vi tư cách Ch tch Tiu ban Đông Á Thái Bình Dương, thuc y ban Đi Ngoi ca Thượng vin và cũng là thành viên y ban Quân v.

Ti Vit Nam, Thượng ngh sĩ M s đ cp đến vn đ bo đm ngun nước ti vùng Đông Nam Á và s tiếp tc thúc đy mt phương thc hp tác đa phương nhm chng li tác hi ca các d án xây dng các đp thy đin trên sông Mêkông.

Bn thông cáo báo chí v chuyến công du châu Á ca Thượng ngh sĩ Webb nhc li là mt khi hoàn thành, chui đp thy đin trên con sông Mêkông s làm thay đi hoàn toàn cc din ti khu vc và đe da vùng châu th sông Mêkông, va lúa ca Vit Nam và cũng là vùng giàu thy sn nước ngt nht ca thế gii.
Trước khi đến Vit Nam, Thượng ngh sĩ Webb đến Hàn Quc đ tho lun vi lãnh đo Seoul v vn đ an ninh ti bán đo Triu Tiên và khng đnh li lp trường ng h vic phê chun hip ước t do mu dch M - Hàn Quc.

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The State Column | Staff | Sunday, April 17, 2011
U.S. Senator Jim Webb, chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee and member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, will visit the Republic of Korea, Vietnam, Japan, and Guam April 16-29. Senator Webb is scheduled to hold meetings with government officials, U.S. diplomats and military commanders, and business leaders.
In Korea, Senator Webb will review the security situation on the Korean peninsula and reaffirm his support for passage of the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement.
In Vietnam, Senator Webb will address water security issues in Southeast Asia and continue advocating a multilateral approach to avert the devastating consequences of proposed mainstream dams along the Mekong River. If completed, these dams could fundamentally change the world’s 12th longest river and place at risk the Mekong Delta, Vietnam’s “rice bowl” and the world’s richest inland fishery.
Senator Webb is returning to Japan for the second time this year after keynoting the New Shimoda Conference in February. On this trip, he is traveling to Tokyo with Senator Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, to reaffirm the critical importance of the U.S.-Japan alliance and express condolences to the Japanese people and government following last month’s earthquake and tsunami.
Senator Webb will also visit Okinawa, Guam and Tinian, as a follow-on to visits he made last year, in order to meet with local officials and American military leaders responsible for the proposed realignment of U.S. military bases in the Pacific region.
Senator Webb has enjoyed a continuous personal involvement in Asian and Pacific affairs that long predates his time in the Senate. In addition to his more recent visits as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he has worked and traveled throughout this vast region for more than four decades—as a Marine Corps officer, a defense planner, a journalist, a novelist, a senior official in the Department of Defense, and as a business consultant.

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