Thai PM’s Vietnam visit manifests strategic partnership
At the
talks with Prayuth Chan-ocha in Hanoi on November 27, the Vietnamese PM
said he believes that the visit will contribute importantly and
practically to tightening the Vietnam-Thailand traditional friendship
and comprehensive cooperation.
Both said with
delight that the bilateral relationship has been growing continuously in
all fields, especially after it was lifted to strategic partnership
during Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s Thailand visit in June
2013.
The two sides agreed to continue close
coordination, speed up high-ranking delegation exchanges and effectively
carry out such bilateral cooperative mechanisms such as joint cabinet
meetings and the Vietnam-Thailand bilateral cooperation committee.
They said they will direct ministries, sectors and localities to well
implement signed agreements and expand cooperation towards facilitating
investment and trade activities in order to gross 15 billion USD in
two-way trade by 2020.
Vietnam appreciates
Thailand’s efforts in its role as a coordinator for the ASEAN-China
relations, which have contributed to maintaining the bloc’s common voice
and solidarity in the East Sea issue, said the host.
Both sides were also unanimous in working together to address disputes
by peaceful measures in line with international law, including the
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Declaration on
the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea and accelerate the negotiation on
a Code of Conduct in the East Sea.
The Thai leader
invited PM Nguyen Tan Dung to attend the Greater Mekong Sub-region
Summit in Thailand in December, 2014 and co-chair the third joint
cabinet meeting in 2015.
After the talks, the two
PMs witnessed the signing of three cooperation documents, including the
2014-2016 action programme on the implementation of the Vietnam-Thailand
strategic partnership, the two countries’ cultural cooperation
programme for 2014-2016 and a cooperation agreement between the Mekong
Delta city of Can Tho and Thailand’s Chachongsao province./.