The Malaysian PM congratulated Vietnamon its recent achievements in socio-economic development, especially in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and economic recovery.
PM Ismail Sabri agreed toenhance party-to-party relations via mutual visits, especially at the high-ranking level,and exchanges between parties’ organisations so as to share experience.
Welcoming PM Ismail Sabri, General SecretaryTrong described the Malaysian PM’s official visit to Vietnam as a milestonehelping promote the traditional friendship, mutual trust, andstrategic partnership between the two countries in all fields in a result-oriented manner
The Party leader affirmed Vietnam’s consistent policy of treasuring and reinforcing thestrategic partnership with Malaysia.
He asked the two sides to bring intoplay the obtained outcomes, improve the effectiveness of cooperation mechanisms,including relations between their political parties, step up bilateral connectionsas well as cooperation within ASEAN and regional and international forums.
Regarding the East Sea, the Partyleader suggested Vietnam and Malaysia jointly and actively consolidatepeace and cooperation in the East Sea in order to ensure the rights andlegitimate interests of the parties under the 1982 United NationsConvention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
In that spirit, he recommended the two countries to increase viewpoint exchange and maritime cooperation in differentfields, thereby together maintaining peace, stability, cooperation, anddevelopment in the region./.