Vietnam, Belarus issue joint statement on fostering ties fully
The two sides agreed to boost political dialogues at all levels
regarding bilateral issues as well as regional and international matters
of mutual concerns.
They reached a consensus on
paving the way for accelerating cooperation in economy, trade,
investment, machinery manufacturing, agriculture, petrochemical
technology, light industry, information technology, electronics, mining
and other fields.
They agreed to study the
possibility of launching a direct flight route between the two countries
and granting visa exemption for short business trips.
They noted the need to further the role of the Vietnam-Belarus
Inter-governmental Committee on Economic, Trade, Scientific and
Technological Cooperation and come up with favourable conditions to make
it easier for Vietnamese and Belarusian businesses to set up links.
The two sides were pleased with the negotiating process of a free
trade agreement between Vietnam and the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus
and Kazakhstan, consenting to work harder for the signing in early
2015.
They underscored the importance and necessity
of respecting respective independence, equality and territorial
integrity as well as the principle of not interfering in the other’s
internal affairs and not using force or threatening to use force and
that on mutually-beneficial cooperation for peace, stability and
development.
Both sides agreed to consolidate their
dialogue, collaboration, consultancy and support at international forums
for peace, security, prosperity and development in compliance with
international legal norms and principle and the UN Charter.
Belarus supports the settlement of territorial disputes, including
that in the East Sea, by peaceful means, and the early establishment of a
Code of Conduct in the East Sea to safeguard maritime safety and
security in the sea area in compliance with international law, including
the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and the 2002 Declaration
on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea.
Vietnam affirmed to back Belarus’s bids to reinforce multi-dimensional cooperation with Southeast Asian countries.
Both sides underlined the importance of tackling the issues that could
affect global security, like terrorism, separatism, and organised
crimes by consolidating bilateral, regional and international
collaboration at all levels.
They stressed the
necessity of persistently implementing disarmament globally and
strengthening the principle of non-proliferation of destructive mass
weapons, especially nuclear weapons, while ensuring the nations’ rights
to research, develop, use, transfer and be transferred with nuclear,
chemical and biological technology for peaceful purposes are observed.-VNA