Truong Thi Mai (R), Politburo member, standing member of the CPV Central Committee Secretariat and head of the CPV Central Committee's Organisation Commission, and Cai Qi, member of the Politburo Standing Committee, Secretary of the Secretariat and Director of the Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee (Photo: VNA) Truong Thi Mai, Politburo member, standingmember of the CPV Central Committee Secretariat and head of the CPV CentralCommittee's Organisation Commission, made the statement at her talks with Cai Qi, member of the Politburo Standing Committee, Secretaryof the Secretariat and Director of the Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC)Central Committee in Hanoi on December 12.
Both sides expressed their pleasure at the very good outcomesof the high-level talks between General Secretary of the CPV Central Committee NguyenPhu Trong and General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President ofChina Xi Jinping, with the two leaders reaching important common perceptions onmajor viewpoints, principles, orientations and measures to continue deepeningand elevating the relationship between the two Parties and countries in the newera.
This demonstrates the great vision and high determination of thetwo Party leaders regarding the importance and good prospects of Vietnam -China relations, they said.
The two Party officials once again affirmed the important, substantive andcomprehensive progresses of the relationship between the two Parties and countriesin all fields, especially after 15 years of their Comprehensive Strategic CooperativePartnership.
They believed that along with Party General Secretary Trong'svisit to China in late 2022, this visit to Vietnam by Chinese Party GeneralSecretary and President Xi Jinping will create new important driving forces,constantly deepening and making the relationship between the two Parties and countriesmore comprehensive and substantive.
The Chinese official reaffirmed that China sees Vietnam as apriority in China's neighbourhood diplomacy and support theSoutheast Asian nation to uphold a greater role in the region and theinternational arena, thus raising the voice of developing countries in solvinginternational problems.
The two sides discussed in depth the situations of and relations between the two Parties and States, focusing on orientations and measures to enhance the awareness of the ties in deepening and upgrading the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership, building a community of shared future, and striving for happiness of the people of the two countries and for peace and progress of the mankind in line with the UN Charter and international law.
Accordingly, they agreed to bring into play the role of strategically orienting of the Party channel in the bilateral ties, enhance high-level contacts, and improve the efficiency of the cooperation mechanisms through the Party channel, while promoting exchanges and collaboration through the channels of the Government, National Assembly and Fatherland Front.
Besides, they concurred to step up cooperation in defence and security, improve the cooperation efficiency in economy, trade and investment so as to connect the two economies in a more sustainable and deeper fashion, and consolidate the social friendship foundation for the bilateral relations to thrive.
They laid stress on the necessity to make efforts to control and handle disagreements at sea, respect each other's legitimate interests in accordance with international law and the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS 1982).
They asked competent ministries and sectors from both sides to grasp and implement the perceptions reached between high-level leaders, contributing to developing the ties between the two Parties and States stably and sustainably./.
