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Prime Minister receives Malaysian Foreign Minister

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed his delight at the growing relations between Vietnam and Malaysia during a reception for visiting Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman in Hanoi on July 27.
Prime Minister receives Malaysian Foreign Minister ảnh 1 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) and Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister NguyenXuan Phuc expressed his delight at the growing relations between Vietnam andMalaysia during a reception for visiting Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Amanin Hanoi on July 27.

The PM hailed the outcomes of the fifth meetingof the Vietnam – Malaysia Joint Committee for Economic, Scientific, andTechnological Cooperation, as the two sides reviewed the cooperation inpolitics, trade, investment, national defence – security, agro-forestry anddiscussed measures for existing issues, and promotion of multi-dimensionalcooperation. The meeting was co-chaired by the Malaysian Foreign Minister andDeputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.

Malaysia is the seventh biggest trade partnerand investor of Vietnam, having a trade value with Vietnam worth 8.4 billionUSD in 2016 and a total investment of 12 billion USD as of May, 2017, PM Phucsaid. He, however, noted that these figures have yet to match with the twonations’ cooperation potential.

He urged the two sides to join hands inconducting activities to mark the 45th anniversary of diplomatic ties in 2018, soonstart negotiations and signing of cooperation agreements on anti-human trafficking,extradition, transfer of sentenced persons, search and rescue at sea, and boostlabour and tourism links and people-to people exchange.

Vietnam has created all favourable conditionsfor Malaysian investors in Vietnam, he reiterated.

Welcoming Malaysia’s stance on the East Seaissues, PM Phuc underscored the spirit of building the East Sea a region ofpeace, friendship, aviation and maritime freedom, and settling disputespeacefully on the basis of international law, including the United Nations Conventionon the Law of the Sea in 1982 (UNCLOS).

For his part, the Malaysian Foreign Ministerpledged that Malaysia will cooperate with Vietnam to take full advantage ofeach nation’s market.

Malaysia will also work closely with Vietnam ininternational and regional issues of common interests, including the East Seaones, Minister Anifah Aman said, affirming that Malaysia supports settlingdisputes with respect to the international law, including the UNCLOS 1982.

He affirmed that Prime Minister Najib Razak willattend the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in the central city of Da Nang inNovember. - VNA
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