Vietnam desirous of developing sustainable relations with China

VOV.VN - State President Tran Dai Quang reiterated Vietnam's high importance on developing healthy and sustainable relations with China while receiving Zhang Dejiang, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Chinese National People’s Congress, in Hanoi on November 9. 

At the reception, Zhang conveyed Chinese Party General Secretary and State President Xi Jinping’s greetings and invitation to President Quang to visit China. 

The Vietnamese State leader thanked the Chinese Party, State and people for their assistance during the country’s revolutionary stages and welcomed Zhang’s official friendship visit to Vietnam, saying this is an important event to consolidate the bilateral friendship and cooperation. He congratulated China on the successful organisation of the sixth session of the Communist Party of China Central Committee. 

Both sides stressed the need to redouble efforts to realize their comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership in a result-oriented and effective way; maintain meetings at all levels, timely exchange opinions on important issues, and pay greater attention to development mutually beneficial cooperation plans and projects.

The President highlighted the special importance of regular discussions and meetings between Vietnamese and Chinese senior leaders, and the timely instructions for the settlement of emerging problems. 

Vietnamese and Chinese agencies and authorities at all levels should work harder to realise cooperation agreements, programmes and projects while fostering a balance, stable and effective bilateral trade, he said. 

The host applauded stronger ties between the National Assembly of Vietnam and the National People’s Congress of China, suggesting them strengthen people-to-people exchanges and collaboration in diplomacy, security, defence, and in sharing information and deepening mutual understanding. 

Regarding the East Sea situation, President Quang emphasised the significance of mutual respect for each other’s legitimate interests in line with the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and joint efforts to maintain stability at sea and a peaceful environment for development. 

He asked Vietnamese and Chinese agencies and authorities to seriously implement the agreements and common perceptions reached by their senior leaders, not to have any actions that complicate the situation, persistently resolve disputes by peaceful measures in conformity with international law, including UNCLOS, fully implement the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC), and work with ASEAN member nations to soon finalise a Code of Conduct (COC) in the waters. 

President Quang also asked Zhang to send his thanks to Party General Secretary and State President Xi for his invitation to visit China. 

He also invited the top Chinese leader to pay an official visit to Vietnam and attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum summit next year.

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