Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (R) and State Councillor and Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister andForeign Minister Pham Binh Minh held talks with State Councillor and ForeignMinister of China Wang Yi in Hanoi on April 1 on the occasion of Wang Yi’sofficial visit to Vietnam and attendance at the 6th Greater MekongSub-region Summit (GMS-6) in Hanoi from March 29-31.
The Vietnamese Deputy PM congratulated China onthe successful organisation of the first annual sessions of the 13th NationalPeople’s Congress (NPC) and the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’sPolitical Consultative Conference (CPPCC) to elect new leaders for the newtenure.
The Vietnamese State and Government attach greatimportance to and want to further develop the comprehensive strategiccooperative partnership with China, Minh said.
The two sides agreed to promote visits amongleaders and step up cooperation between ministries and departments in additionto expanding people-to-people and locality-to-locality exchanges. They pledgedto push forward the implementation of common perceptions and cooperationagreements reached by their leaders, while actively supporting the settlementof existing and emerging problems, thus maintaining the stable development ofbilateral relations.
Deputy PM Minh suggested measures to promote theimportant role of the steering committee for Vietnam-China bilateralcooperation in coordinating collaborative activities between the two countries’ministries, departments and localities. He said the two foreign ministriesshould enhance coordination to beef up Vietnam-China cooperation.
The deputy PM asked China to make it easier forVietnam to export its advantageous goods to the Chinese market, and developbilateral trade in a balanced and healthy manner, as well as help for theeffective implementation of China’s aid packages for Vietnam.
The two sides agreed to promote visits amongleaders and step up cooperation between ministries and departments in additionto expanding people-to-people and locality-to-locality exchanges. They pledgedto push forward the implementation of common perceptions and cooperationagreements reached by their leaders, while actively supporting the settlementof existing and emerging problems, thus maintaining the stable development ofbilateral relations.
Deputy PM Minh suggested measures to promote theimportant role of the steering committee for Vietnam-China bilateralcooperation in coordinating collaborative activities between the two countries’ministries, departments and localities. He said the two foreign ministriesshould enhance coordination to beef up Vietnam-China cooperation.
The deputy PM asked China to make it easier forVietnam to export its advantageous goods to the Chinese market, and developbilateral trade in a balanced and healthy manner, as well as help for theeffective implementation of China’s aid packages for Vietnam.
He urgedstrengthening win-win cooperation in the fields of agriculture, environment,climate change response, science - technology, finance, transport, and economy,thus enhancing mutual economic trust between the two sides.
At the talks between Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and State Councillor and Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi (Photo: VNA) The host expressed his concerns over potentialfactors that can intensify tension and instability at sea, stating that thelegitimate rights and interests of Vietnam should be respected in accordancewith the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in 1982.
He proposed the two sides seriously implementthe common perceptions reached by their leaders and the Vietnam-China agreementon fundamental principles guiding the settlement of sea-related issues, while persistentlyresolving disputes in the East Sea via peaceful means and in line withinternational law, especially the 1982 UNCLOS.
Vietnam and China should step up efforts toreach new progress in the government-level negotiations on territory andborders and talks of the three working groups on the sea area off the Gulf ofTonkin, he said.
He proposed the two sides cooperate in lesssensitive fields at sea, and discuss partnership for mutual development at sea,while implementing fully and effectively the Declaration on the Conducts ofParties in the East Sea (DOC), actively working with ASEAN member countries tobuild a Code of Conduct (COC) in the East Sea, well controlling maritimedisputes without taking any actions to complicate the situation, thus maintainingpeace and stability in the East Sea.
FM Wang Yi congratulated Vietnam on successfullyorganising the GMS-6 Summit, which makes significant contributions to promotingcooperation between GMS countries and increasing the position of Vietnam in theinternational arena.
He affirmed that the Chinese Party andGovernment pay great attention to reinforcing and developing the comprehensivestrategic cooperative partnership with Vietnam.
China is willing to work with Vietnam toincrease strategic exchanges and political trust as well as deepen cooperationfor mutual benefits and address disputes in a proper manner for the healthy andstable development of the bilateral relations, bringing practical benefits for bothcountries and their people, thus contributing to regional peace, stability andprosperity.
The two sides later met with the press to informthe outcomes of their talks.-VNA
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