The meeting between Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son (first, left) and Politburo member and Director of the Communist Party of China Central Committee’s Foreign Affairs Commission Wang Yi (first, right) in Jakarta on July 13. (Photo: VNA) The meeting took place on the sidelines of the 56th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-56) and related meetings in theIndonesian capital.
Noting with satisfaction the recent strides in the Vietnam -China relations, the two officials affirmed that their countries will keepattaching importance to each other’s roles and the bilateral comprehensive strategiccooperative partnership. They will continue to effectively implement the jointstatement issued during the China visit by Vietnamese Party General SecretaryNguyen Phu Trong in October 2022, and the concrete outcomes of the trip to theNortheast Asian nation by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in June 2023.
Both sides agreed to further increase mutual visits andmeetings at all levels; foster cooperation in all fields, especially economyand trade; boost transport connectivity, people-to-people exchanges andlocality-to-locality ties; and make joint efforts to maintain peace and stabilityin the region.
Minister Son asked the two sides to maintain cooperationmechanisms, improve their effectiveness, and coordinate to successfully organisethe 15th session of the Vietnam - China Steering Committee for BilateralCooperation in the Southeast Asian country.
He called on China to continue increasing the import of goodsfrom Vietnam and accelerate the opening of its market to Vietnamese goods,especially agricultural and aquatic products; coordinate to ensure smoothcustoms clearance as many farm produce of Vietnam are now in the harvestseason; raise the quota of Vietnamese goods transited through China to be deliveredto a third country by railway; boost transport and border gate connectivity;speed up the implementation of some cooperation projects; and work together toproperly manage the land border, step up the opening and upgrade of some bordergate pairs, and open the tourism site of Ban Gioc (Vietnam) - Detian(China) Waterfalls on a trial basis soon.
Highly valuing Son’s cooperation suggestions, Wangrecommended the two countries assist each other with national modernisationwhile enhancing high-quality connectivity between the “Belt and Road” initiativeand the “Two Corridors, One Belt” framework.
He also pledged favourable conditions for Vietnam to makebetter use of financial support from China.
At the meeting, the two sides agreed to properly carry outthe high-level agreements and common perceptions, control and satisfactorilydeal with differences, make efforts to sustain peace and stability at sea,fully and effectively implement the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties inthe East Sea (DOC), and join ASEAN countries’ efforts to achieve a substantiveand efficient code of conduct (COC) in the water that accords withinternational law, including international sea-related conventions, therebyhelping guarantee peace, stability, and navigation freedom in the region aswell as the rights and legitimate interests of the parties concerned.
They agreed to bring into play the role of bilateralmechanisms in the issues related to border, territory, and territorial waters.
The officials also discussed some international and regionalissues of shared interest. They pledged that Vietnam and China will keep closecoordination at regional and international cooperation forums and mechanisms,including ASEAN-led ones./.
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