Vietnam, Japan hold strategic partnership dialogue
Deputy Foreign Minister Ho Xuan Son and his Japanese counterpart
Shinsuke Sugiyama discussed each country’s foreign policy, national
defence and security, as well as regional and global issues of mutual
interest.
They agreed that the next round of dialogue will take place in Vietnam next year.
Receiving Son the same day, Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Seiji
Kihara declared that Vietnam is in the echelon of Japan’s top
partners.
They expressed satisfaction with the progress of the
bilateral strategic partnership over the past time, adding that
activities during the Vietnam – Japan Friendship Year to celebrate
the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties have strengthened mutual
understanding and friendship between their people.
Both sides
were unanimous on increasing all-level visits and exchanges, effectively
making use of existing dialogue mechanisms while augmenting cooperation
in the fields of economics, trade and investment between the two
countries as well as the ties between the two ministries.-VNA