HANOI, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Ministers and representatives from landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) and transit countries in Euro-Asia called here Thursday for greater partnership and collaboration to develop key infrastructure, facilitate trade and promote regional cooperation.
The call was made after a three-day United Nations high-level meeting concluded in Vietnamese capital Hanoi on Thursday.
Recommendations from the meeting will be used to advance the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals for LLDCs and put forward to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting in Hanoi later this year, said the UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS), the organizer, at a press conference held Thursday on the outcomes of the meeting.
At the press conference, Gyan Chandra Acharya, under-secretary-general and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States expressed his hope that "Our collective action and the global partnership can transform landlocked countries into land-linked countries."
