Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan received delegates to the thirdVietnam-China People’s Forum in Hanoi on Sept. 25, in the presenceof the Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Kong Xuanyou.
DeputyPM Nhan applauded the initiative to organise the forum, affirming theVietnamese Party, State and people’s persistent wish to unceasinglystrengthen the Vietnam-China comprehensive strategic cooperativepartnership, and solve the existing issues through peaceful and friendlynegotiations.
The third Vietnam-China People’s Forum wasjointly held in the northern province of Vinh Phuc from Sept. 23-25by the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations and the ChinesePeople’s External Friendship Association, drawing scholars and expertsof both countries.
At the forum, participants exchangedviews on the development of Vietnam-China relations over the past 20years since the two countries normalised their ties. They also discussednew situations in recent years, and proposed measures to promotefriendly relations between the Vietnamese and Chinese people in thecoming time.
They agreed that the Vietnam-China friendlyneighbourliness is invaluable assets of the two nations and thedevelopment of the bilateral relations is in conformity with thefundamental, long-lasting interests of the two countries’ people, andbenefits peace, stability and development in the region.
Theyalso held that sea and island disputes are objective issues inbilateral relations, which need to be solved cautiously in order toavoid affecting the two countries’ general situation of peace,friendship, development cooperation.
The two sides need tocontinue negotiations to seek peaceful solutions based on internationallaw, they said, adding that both sides should join efforts to maintainstability in the East Sea, refrain from acts that could complicate thesituation or expand disputes, while a final solution has yet to beachieved.
They expressed their wish that leaders of the twoParties and countries will maintain high-ranking visits and the twosides will increase dissemination of information and expandpeople-to-people exchanges, thus contributing to the enhancement ofmutual understanding, trust and friendship between the two peoples./.
DeputyPM Nhan applauded the initiative to organise the forum, affirming theVietnamese Party, State and people’s persistent wish to unceasinglystrengthen the Vietnam-China comprehensive strategic cooperativepartnership, and solve the existing issues through peaceful and friendlynegotiations.
The third Vietnam-China People’s Forum wasjointly held in the northern province of Vinh Phuc from Sept. 23-25by the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations and the ChinesePeople’s External Friendship Association, drawing scholars and expertsof both countries.
At the forum, participants exchangedviews on the development of Vietnam-China relations over the past 20years since the two countries normalised their ties. They also discussednew situations in recent years, and proposed measures to promotefriendly relations between the Vietnamese and Chinese people in thecoming time.
They agreed that the Vietnam-China friendlyneighbourliness is invaluable assets of the two nations and thedevelopment of the bilateral relations is in conformity with thefundamental, long-lasting interests of the two countries’ people, andbenefits peace, stability and development in the region.
Theyalso held that sea and island disputes are objective issues inbilateral relations, which need to be solved cautiously in order toavoid affecting the two countries’ general situation of peace,friendship, development cooperation.
The two sides need tocontinue negotiations to seek peaceful solutions based on internationallaw, they said, adding that both sides should join efforts to maintainstability in the East Sea, refrain from acts that could complicate thesituation or expand disputes, while a final solution has yet to beachieved.
They expressed their wish that leaders of the twoParties and countries will maintain high-ranking visits and the twosides will increase dissemination of information and expandpeople-to-people exchanges, thus contributing to the enhancement ofmutual understanding, trust and friendship between the two peoples./.
