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Party chief’s Indonesia visit to tighten bilateral ties

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s official visit to Indonesia from August 22-24 will help strengthen political trust, consolidate friendship and boost cooperation between the two countries.
Party chief’s Indonesia visit to tighten bilateral ties ảnh 1Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Party GeneralSecretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s official visit to Indonesia from August 22-24 willhelp strengthen political trust, consolidate friendship and boost cooperation, deepeningthe two countries’ strategic partnership.

Deputy head of the Party Central Committee’sCommission for External Relations Nguyen Huy Tang said this is a historic visitin bilateral relations as it is the first visit made by a Party chief toIndonesia since late President Ho Chi Minh’s visit in 1959, and the first visitmade by a top Vietnamese leader since the two nations established a strategicpartnership in June 2013.

The visit also aims to reaffirm Vietnam’sforeign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, cooperation anddevelopment, and attaching importance to relations with neighbours and partnersin ASEAN, he added.

Vietnam and Indonesia established diplomaticties on December 30, 1955. Indonesia is an important partner of Vietnam, whileVietnam is the only ASEAN country Indonesia has a strategic partnership with.

They have inked numerous cooperationagreements, including memoranda of understanding on cooperation in fisheriesand sea-related issues, agriculture and finance. Various cooperative mechanismshave also been established, including the bilateral cooperation committee atthe foreign ministerial level, and a joint committee on economic cooperation.

In recent years, two-way trade has grownwell. Import-export turnover increased from 4.6 billion USD in 2012 to 5.6billion USD in 2016 with average growth of 5 percent. The two countries arestriving for 10 billion USD in bilateral trade by 2018.

As of April, Indonesia ranked fifth in ASEANand 30th among the 105 nations and territories investing in Vietnam,with 59 projects, mainly in oil and gas exploration and exploitation, coalmining, banking and timber processing. Vietnam has invested in seven projectsinvolving mining, retailing, repair and communication in Indonesia.

Vietnam and Indonesia are also stepping upcollaboration in defence and security by maintaining a joint naval workinggroup and establishing a hotline to share information on search and rescueactivities.

The Party chief’s visit is expected to consolidatemutual trust and understanding and intensify cooperation, and contribute topeace, stability, solidarity and cooperation in ASEAN, the region and theworld.-VNA
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