Vietnam-China joint press release
The Special Envoy of Vietnam’s
high-level leaders, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ho Xuan Son met
with Chinese State Councillor Dai Bingguo in Beijing on June 25 to
convey the Vietnamese leaders’ opinions regarding bilateral relations
and the East Sea situation over the recent past.
The Chinese State Councillor presented the stance and policy of
China on the development of bilateral relations and the sea issue.
Earlier, Deputy Foreign Minister Son held talks with his Chinese counterpart Zhang Zhijun.
The two sides held that the relationship between Vietnam and China
develops in a healthy and stable manner, meeting the common
aspirations and fundamental interests of the Vietnamese and Chinese
people and benefiting peace, stability and development in the region.
The
two sides underlined the need to persist in directing the Vietnam-China
comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership to develop in line with
the motto of “friendly neighbourliness, comprehensive cooperation, long
lasting stability and looking forwards to the future” and the spirit of
“good neighbours, good friends, good comrades and good partners”.
The
two sides emphasised the necessity to actively implement the common
perception of the two countries’ leaders, peacefully solving the two
countries’ disputes at sea through negotiation and friendly
consultation; employing effective measures and working together to
maintain peace and stability in the East Sea .
They also
laid stress on the need to steer public opinions along the correct
direction, avoiding comments and deeds that harm the friendship and
trust of the people of the two countries.
The two sides agreed to
speed up the tempo of negotiations so as to early sign an “Agreement on
basic principles guiding the settlement of sea issues between Vietnam
and China”, and boost the implementation of the Declaration on the
Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) and follow-up activities so
that substantial progress will soon be achieved./.