Wish for a peaceful world and a developed US during President Obama’s
second term was the main content of a talk between the Ho Chi Minh
National Academy of Politics and Administration and former US
President candidate Michael Dukakis in Hanoi on April 9.
Prof. Michael Dukakis, former Governor of Massachusetts State and
Chairman of the Boston Global Forum, expressed his desire to live in a
world without wars.
He wondered about the US ’ military
engagement policy in 150 countries, with over 830 military bases across
the globe. He also emphasised the need to end the money-consuming
global network war, which many countries are pursuing.
According to the US professor, building a world without nuclear
weapons where everybody lives in peace and prosperity is the policy of
President Obama as well as of the Vietnamese Government and other
countries in the world.
He said he supports the
peaceful settlement of all international disputes, suggesting an
expansion of the United Nations Security Council’s members to 21.
Michael Dukakis expressed his belief that the US economy,
especially the real estate market, will recover in the next four years
under President Obama’s leadership.
During the first
term of office, President Obama brought the US economy out of a
recession and implemented an all-people health insurance policy for
local residents, he added.
He highly valued the fine
development of Vietnam-US relations over the past years, saying
Vietnam is the best example of conciliation that countries engaged in
war should follow.
Michael Dukakis is world-renowned
as the former Massachusetts Governor, who served for three terms
starting in 1975, 1982 and 1986. As a close friend of Vietnam , he took
part in many demonstrations against the US war in Vietnam.-VNA