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副总统办公室
华盛顿特区
2022年5月13日
 
副总统哈里斯在美国-东盟特别峰会工作午餐会上的讲话
国务院
美东夏令时间11时44分
副总统：早上好。欢迎各位。我期待着我们今天在一起的时光。我欢迎你们。我——你们今天将与总统见面，但是，对于美国作为这个令人敬畏的组织的一员的重要性以及我们多年来所进行的工作和将继续进行的工作，我无论怎样强调也不过分。
因此，我要正式欢迎东盟国家领导人来到华盛顿，并且对你们所有人来到这里表示感谢。
我们，美国，珍视这次峰会的重要作用。它是向世界发出的一个信号，显示美国-东盟的强大合作关系。东南亚是我们整个政府的一个优先重点。
我们有许多共同的优先重点。在这个午餐会上我们将讨论其中两点：全球卫生健康和海事安全。
今天晚些时候，我们将再次集会讨论气候、清洁能源和基础设施。当然，晚些时候，你们将与乔·拜登总统会面。
如你们大家所知，去年我在本政府上任之初决定前往新加坡和越南，展现我们对东南亚的承诺并加强我们在这一地区的合作关系。
我本人继续非常专注于深化我们与东盟和你们各国的关系。我将再次明确表示：美国对东南亚具有永久的承诺。
本政府认识到你们所在地区具有至关重要的战略作用，这种作用只会与日俱增。而且我们认识到东盟在这一地区构架中的中心地位。
作为一个印太国家，美国将在东南亚存在，并且将世世代代继续交往下去。
我们与东盟的合作关系也直接影响着美国人民的繁荣和安全。就繁荣而言，东南亚的有韧力的供应链使美国消费者受益。当全球供应链转动时，会带来更多产品，价格当然下降。
东南亚是美国产品的第四大市场。我们的经济关系支持着美国60多万份工作。
在安全问题上，我在新加坡时，访问了樟宜海军基地（Changi Naval Base），在美国军舰“塔尔萨号”（USS Tulsa）上与美国士兵——和水兵——对不起——见面。
他们的存在展现了我们与盟国和伙伴为确保航道自由开放和捍卫基于规则的国际秩序所进行的努力。
美国和东盟拥有对这一地区共同的愿景。而且我们将共同防范对国际规则和规范的挑战。
为此，我们的午餐会的一个主要议题将是海事安全。
我们同我们的盟友和伙伴共同捍卫基于规则的海事秩序，其中包括航行自由和国际法。
去年，我在河内期间，我们讨论了增强我们的海岸警卫队之间的伙伴关系。我还相信我们必须显著发展我们同整个东盟的伙伴关系。
为此，我高兴地宣布，美国将提供6000万美元，用于由美国海岸警卫队主导的新的地区海事行动计划。
这些行动计划之一是，我们将向东南亚地区部署一艘新的巡逻舰，作为一个培训平台。这样做的目的是在我们展开多国培训使命以支持建设你们的能力的过程中，惠及本地区的所有国家。
我们还将向该地区派出更多的人员，其中包括技术专家。
在健康方面，新冠疫情给你们的国家和经济造成了深重影响，对我们也是如此。
我们在过去两年中共同完成了很多工作，并取得了重大进展。美国已向东盟成员国无条件地捐助了超过1.15亿剂疫苗，这让我们感到自豪。
正如我昨天在新冠疫情峰会上所言，丝毫不能懈怠。我们必须共同应对目前的威胁，并为未来做好准备。只要新冠疫情存在于任何一个国家，就将影响到我们所有人。
我们将同你们所有人继续努力，利用疫苗、检测和治疗手段来拯救生命。
当然，我们还必须考虑到未来，并为未来的大流行病做好准备。
我期待着今天下午就所有这些议题展开讨论，并继续从事我们将共同从事的工作，以增强我们各国之间存在的伙伴关系。
说到这里，让我们着手工作吧。我感谢新闻媒体成员在这个环节加入到我们中间。现在我们将继续举行接下来的会议。谢谢你们。
讲话结束（美东夏令时间11时51分）
 
欲查看原稿内容: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/05/13/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-at-a-working-lunch-at-u-s-asean-special-summit/
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MAY 13, 2022•SPEECHES AND REMARKS
State DepartmentWashington, D.C.
11:44 A.M. EDT
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Welcome to everyone. I’m looking forward to the time we will spend together today. And I welcome you. And I — you will see the President later today, but I cannot emphasize enough the importance to the United States of being a part of this august group and the work that we have done together over the years and will continue to do.
So I will formally welcome the leaders of ASEAN nations to Washington, D.C., and I thank you all for being here.
We, in the United States, value the importance of this summit. It is a signal to the world of the strength of the United States-ASEAN partnership. Southeast Asia is a priority for our entire administration.
And we have many priorities in common. At this lunch, we will discuss two of them: the issue of global health and maritime security.
Later today, we will meet again to discuss climate, clean energy, and infrastructure. And later, of course, you will meet with President Joe Biden.
As you all know, last year I decided to travel to Singapore and Vietnam early in our administration to demonstrate our commitment to Southeast Asia and to strengthen our partnerships in the region.
I remain personally very focused on deepening our relationship with ASEAN and all of your nations. And I will once again make clear: The United States has an enduring commitment to Southeast Asia.
Our administration recognizes the vital strategic importance of your region, a role that will only grow with time. And we recognize ASEAN’s centrality in the region’s architecture.
As an Indo-Pacific nation, the United States will be present and continue to be engaged in Southeast Asia for generations to come.
Our partnership with ASEAN also directly affects the prosperity and security of the American people. On the issue of prosperity, resilient supply chains in Southeast Asia benefit American consumers. When global supply chains are flowing, more goods are available and prices, of course, come down.
Southeast Asia is the fourth-largest market for American goods. And our economic relationship supports more than 600,000 American jobs.
On the issue of security, when I was in Singapore, I visited the Changi Naval Base and met with American soldiers — and sailors — excuse me — on the USS Tulsa.
Their presence is a demonstration of our work with our allies and our partners to ensure free and open shipping lanes and to defend the international rules-based order.
The United States and ASEAN have shared a vision for this region. And together we will guard against threats to international rules and norms.
To that end, one of the main topics of our lunch will be maritime security.
We stand with our allies and partners in defending the maritime rules-based order, which includes freedom of navigation and international law.
When I was in Hanoi last year, we discussed strengthening the partnership between our coast guards. I also believe we must significantly grow our partnership with ASEAN as a whole.
To that end, I’m pleased to announce that the United States will provide $60 million in new regional maritime initiatives led by the United States Coast Guard.
Among those initiatives, we will deploy to Southeast Asia a new cutter as a training platform. This is intended to benefit all nations in the region as we conduct multinational training missions to assist in building your capacity.
We will also be sending additional personnel, including technical experts, to the region.
On health, COVID-19 has had a profound impact on your countries and economies, as it has had on ours.
We have done a lot together in the past two years and have made remarkable progress. The United States is proud to have donated more than 115 million vaccines to ASEAN members without conditions.
As I said yesterday at the COVID Summit, complacency is not an option. We must respond together to the current threat and prepare for the future. As long as COVID is present in any one country, it affects us all.
We will continue to work with all of you to save lives with vaccines, with testing, and with therapeutics.
We must also think, of course, about the future and prepare for future pandemics.
I look forward to our discussion this afternoon on all of these topics, and continuing to do the work that we will do together to strengthen the partnership that exists between our nations.
And with that, let us get to work. I thank the members of the press for joining us for this part. And we will now proceed with the rest of our meeting. Thank you.
END 11:51 A.M. EDT