PM hosts US National Security Advisor
Hanoi (VNA) – Visiting Prime Minister Pham Minh
Chinh had a reception for US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in
Washington DC on May 13 (local time), part of his activities while on a working visit to the US and the United Nations.
The PM spoke highly of the role and efforts by the US
National Security Council in coordinating with the ASEAN member countries to
organise the ASEAN-US Special Summit, thereby demonstrating President Joe Biden administration’s
strong commitment for the bloc and the region.
Chinh said since Vietnam and the US normalised their
relations, they have cooperated sincerely, reliably, and responsibly with the willingness
for constructive exchange of ideas and dialogues when there are differences, thus overcoming
difficulties and maintaining a positive development momentum together. In
recent years, there has been significant progress following the direction
and vision agreed upon by the two countries' senior leaders during Vietnamese Party
General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s visit to the US in 2015.
The Government leader affirmed Vietnam always considers
the US one of its most important partners, and wished for joint work to
continue deepening the countries’ comprehensive partnership toward practical
outcomes and stability, meeting the sides’ legitimate interests and actively
contributing to peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world at large.
He suggested the US further support Vietnam in overcoming
the consequences of the war; building an independent and self-reliant economy; pressing
ahead with technological and digital transformation; and integrating substantively
and effectively into the world.
Other sectors for such assistance include supply chains
diversification and climate change response, he added.
The US official shared the PM’s idea that sincerity, trust
and responsibility are the motto for the positive relationship between the two
countries.
He affirmed the US respects independence, sovereignty,
territorial integrity as well as differences in the political systems between
his country and partners, stressed the US attaches importance to relations with
Vietnam, and spoke highly of Vietnam’s ability to overcome challenges. The
official pledged to continue providing support to Vietnam to cope with such
challenges as the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and risks of supply chain
disruption.
The two sides agreed on the central role of the ASEAN in dealing with regional
problems as well in the US’s efforts to intensify its cooperation with Asia –
Pacific and the Indian Ocean regions. The US official agreed with the PM’s
proposal on the need to further clarify the connotation of the initiative on
the Indo-Pacific economic framework of the US.
They also stressed the importance of ensuring peace, freedom, security and
safety of navigation and aviation in the East Sea, and of settling disputes by
peaceful measures on the basis of international law, including the 1982 United
Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), helping maintain peace,
stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world over./.