The second Vietnam-China defence-security strategic dialogue at deputyministerial level took place in Beijing on Aug. 28, evaluating thesatisfactory progress in the two countries’ relations.
Lieut.Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh, Deputy Defence Minister of Vietnam , and Sen.Lieut. Gen. Ma Xiaotian, Vice Chief of the General Staff of ChinaPeople’s Liberation Army, jointly chaired the dialogue.
Addressingthe dialogue, the co-chairs agreed that under the guidance of the16-word motto of “friendly neighbourliness, comprehensive cooperation,durable stability and looking toward the future” and the four goodspirits of “good neighbours, good friends, good comrades and goodpartners”, relations between the two Parties and States continued todevelop in line with the framework of the comprehensive strategiccooperation partnership.
The two countries’ economic and tradeties developed rapidly, cultural and people-to-people exchangescontinued to be expanded and defence cooperation saw strong steps ofdevelopment. The two sides regularly exchanged delegations at all levelswith aim of creating mutual trust and understanding as well as buildingclose ties between the two armies.
Cooperation between naval,border guard forces and border military zones was elevated and joint seaand land patrols provided good results.
At the dialogue, the twosides were unanimous in continuing to accelerate cooperation in manyareas, including exchange of delegations, early establishment of ahotline between the two defence ministries, and expansion of the longand short-term training.
China also agreed to share experience with Vietnam in participating in the UN peacekeeping force.
Thetwo sides stressed the need to accelerate information dissemination inorder to allow Vietnamese and Chinese soldiers and people to fullyunderstand the traditional friendship and practical cooperation formutual benefit between the two armies and peoples.
In the spiritof construction of comradeship and fraternity, Lieut. Gen. Vinh and Sen.Lieut. Gen Ma discussed issues of differences in the two countries’relations in a straight-forward manner.
According to Ma, themost difficult and sensitive issue in the two countries’ ties is thesovereignty dispute in the East Sea . The two countries need tosolve the issue in a satisfactory manner for the sake of the overallsituation of Vietnam-China relations and stability in the region.
Lieut.Gen. Vinh affirmed Vietnam always attaches importance to the overallsituation of the relationship with China , saying that the East Seaissue has three closely-related aspects, namely the declaration ofsovereignty by concerned countries, solving issues related to the tiesbetween Vietnam and China , and solving issues at multilateralforums.
He said that issues in the East Sea need to besolved in accordance with international law. International issuesaccording to the Law of the Sea must be solved internationally, issuesrelating to many countries need to be solved among those countries, andissues relating to two countries need to be solved bilaterally.
TheVietnamese Deputy Minister also shared his view that to defend andbuild the country, there is only one way that is to maintainindependence – self-reliance, territorial sovereignty and good relationswith the world community, and without relying on a country to fightanother country.
He highlighted the need to publicise and providetransparent information at forums to help the two countries’ people andthe international community to better understand the East Seaissue as part of the general friendship between the two countries.
“Havingfull and exact information is the need of over 80 million Vietnamesepeople and more than 1.35 billion Chinese people,” he said.
Vietnamis ready to cooperate for mutual development with China in reallydisputed areas in line with regulations of international law, and in thelong term the country will seek solutions acceptable for both sides,but “at a time when boundaries have not yet been codified, the two sidesshould absolutely avoid the use of force and should not even considerthe use of force,” Vinh said.
The two sides also discussed situations in the Middle East, North Africa and the Asia-Pacific.
Onthis occasion, Sen. Lieut. Gen. Liang Guanglie, Defence Minister ofChina, received the high-ranking Vietnamese military delegation.
Hereaffirmed the wish to solve issues of difference between the twocountries in the East Sea by peaceful measures and said that the fineoutcomes of the dialogue will create a driving force to boost defencecooperation between the two countries, contributing to strengthening anddeveloping the two countries’ friendship and solidarity./.
Lieut.Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh, Deputy Defence Minister of Vietnam , and Sen.Lieut. Gen. Ma Xiaotian, Vice Chief of the General Staff of ChinaPeople’s Liberation Army, jointly chaired the dialogue.
Addressingthe dialogue, the co-chairs agreed that under the guidance of the16-word motto of “friendly neighbourliness, comprehensive cooperation,durable stability and looking toward the future” and the four goodspirits of “good neighbours, good friends, good comrades and goodpartners”, relations between the two Parties and States continued todevelop in line with the framework of the comprehensive strategiccooperation partnership.
The two countries’ economic and tradeties developed rapidly, cultural and people-to-people exchangescontinued to be expanded and defence cooperation saw strong steps ofdevelopment. The two sides regularly exchanged delegations at all levelswith aim of creating mutual trust and understanding as well as buildingclose ties between the two armies.
Cooperation between naval,border guard forces and border military zones was elevated and joint seaand land patrols provided good results.
At the dialogue, the twosides were unanimous in continuing to accelerate cooperation in manyareas, including exchange of delegations, early establishment of ahotline between the two defence ministries, and expansion of the longand short-term training.
China also agreed to share experience with Vietnam in participating in the UN peacekeeping force.
Thetwo sides stressed the need to accelerate information dissemination inorder to allow Vietnamese and Chinese soldiers and people to fullyunderstand the traditional friendship and practical cooperation formutual benefit between the two armies and peoples.
In the spiritof construction of comradeship and fraternity, Lieut. Gen. Vinh and Sen.Lieut. Gen Ma discussed issues of differences in the two countries’relations in a straight-forward manner.
According to Ma, themost difficult and sensitive issue in the two countries’ ties is thesovereignty dispute in the East Sea . The two countries need tosolve the issue in a satisfactory manner for the sake of the overallsituation of Vietnam-China relations and stability in the region.
Lieut.Gen. Vinh affirmed Vietnam always attaches importance to the overallsituation of the relationship with China , saying that the East Seaissue has three closely-related aspects, namely the declaration ofsovereignty by concerned countries, solving issues related to the tiesbetween Vietnam and China , and solving issues at multilateralforums.
He said that issues in the East Sea need to besolved in accordance with international law. International issuesaccording to the Law of the Sea must be solved internationally, issuesrelating to many countries need to be solved among those countries, andissues relating to two countries need to be solved bilaterally.
TheVietnamese Deputy Minister also shared his view that to defend andbuild the country, there is only one way that is to maintainindependence – self-reliance, territorial sovereignty and good relationswith the world community, and without relying on a country to fightanother country.
He highlighted the need to publicise and providetransparent information at forums to help the two countries’ people andthe international community to better understand the East Seaissue as part of the general friendship between the two countries.
“Havingfull and exact information is the need of over 80 million Vietnamesepeople and more than 1.35 billion Chinese people,” he said.
Vietnamis ready to cooperate for mutual development with China in reallydisputed areas in line with regulations of international law, and in thelong term the country will seek solutions acceptable for both sides,but “at a time when boundaries have not yet been codified, the two sidesshould absolutely avoid the use of force and should not even considerthe use of force,” Vinh said.
The two sides also discussed situations in the Middle East, North Africa and the Asia-Pacific.
Onthis occasion, Sen. Lieut. Gen. Liang Guanglie, Defence Minister ofChina, received the high-ranking Vietnamese military delegation.
Hereaffirmed the wish to solve issues of difference between the twocountries in the East Sea by peaceful measures and said that the fineoutcomes of the dialogue will create a driving force to boost defencecooperation between the two countries, contributing to strengthening anddeveloping the two countries’ friendship and solidarity./.
