Indonesian media spotlight President Phuc’s visit
Jakarta (VNA) – Dozens
of Indonesia’s newspapers have featured President Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s December 21-23
visit to the Southeast Asian nation, focusing on the outcomes of the talks between
the two State leaders.
The website of the Indonesia
Presidential Palace said that during a bilateral meeting on December 22, President
Joko Widodo and his Vietnamese counterpart discussed a range of measures to
enhance strategic partnership bilaterally and regionally.
On
the occasion, Widodo hailed the Vietnamese Government for its trust on Indonesian
companies. He wished that several problems faced by Indonesian investors would
be dealt with to facilitate new projects in the near future.
President
Phuc, for his part, agreed with the host that in order to overcome challenges,
the two nations need to strengthen political trust and economic cooperation.
Meanwhile,
the official website of the Indonesian President’s Secretariat said that at a
meeting following the State-level welcome ceremony, Widodo underlined Indonesia’s
commitment to continue reinforcing bilateral strategic partnership and called
on Vietnam to strengthen ASEAN.
Indonesian
news agency Antara, for its part, said during
the joint press conference with President Phuc on December 22, Widodo announced
that the two nations had completed negotiations on delimitation of the
exclusive economic zone (EEZ) after 12 years of talks.
President Phuc also affirmed that Vietnam fully supports the
theme of Indonesia's 2023 ASEAN Chairmanship Year "ASEAN Matters:
Epicentrum of Growth", and emphasised that the meeting between the two
leaders is a driving force for Vietnam and Indonesia to cooperate for the
benefit of their people.
According to the CNN Indonesia television, the
Vietnamese leader said the two countries have agreed to define the boundary
of the EEZ in accordance with the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of
the Sea (UNCLOS). In addition to the EEZ, the two countries also signed three
memoranda of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in energy and mineral
resources, fighting terrorism, and combating drug trafficking.
Apart from the three MoU, Widodo also hoped that a bilateral
agreement on fisheries and elimination of illegal, unreported and undocumented
fishing will be completed, said the newswire Okezone
The same day, the
Solo Pos newspaper said the Indonesian President expects to launch a new direct
flight between Da Nang and Denpasar, and between Ho Chi Minh City and Jakarta.
He also proposed resuming direct flights between the two countries’ economic
and tourism hubs./.