Party General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping (R) and Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (Source: VNA)The Joint Communiqué said that during the visit, the Vietnamese Party chiefheld talks with Party General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping, andhad meetings with China’sPremier of the State Council Li Keqiang; Chairman of the National People’s Congress of China (NPCC)Standing Committee Zhang Dejiang; Chairman of the National Committee ofthe Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Yu Zhengsheng;and Secretary of the Chinese Party Central Committee’s Commission forDiscipline Inspection, Wang Qishan.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Chairman of the National Committeeof the CPPCC Yu Zhengsheng attended a friendship meeting celebrating the 67th anniversary of Vietnam-Chinadiplomatic ties and the upcoming Lunar New Year.
Besides Beijing, the Vietnamese party chief made a tour of Zhejiang province.
The Joint Communiqué said the two sides agreed that thevisit was a success, contributing greatly to enhancing mutual trust,strengthening the traditional friendship, and deepening the comprehensivestrategic cooperative partnership between the two nations, while helping promotepeace, stability and development in the region and the world.
The two sides said Vietnam and China are neighbours with long-lastingtraditional friendship and both are socialist countries led by the communistparties. The two countries share similarities in political regime anddevelopment policy and correlative future. Sustainable development of eachcountry and the bilateral friendship and cooperation bear great importance to bothnations. In the context of new historical conditions, when the internationaland regional situation is undergoing rapid and complicated changes, the persistencein the leadership of the communist party and the socialist institution is acorrect choice that suits the fundamental and long-term interests of the twocountries and peoples.
The two sides affirmed that Vietnam and China will stringently pursue the motto“friendly neighbours, comprehensive cooperation, long-term stability andlooking towards the future” and uphold the spirit of “good neighbours, goodfriends, good comrades and good partners”.
The two countries will always develop the bilateral relations on the basis of strategicand long-term vision, and follow the major orientation of the Vietnam-Chinarelationship, the statement said.
It added that the two countries will maintain mutual respect, promote strategicexchange, enhance political trust, properly solve differences, deepen win-wincooperation, continually foster the stable, healthy development of the Vietnam-Chinacomprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, in order to bring greaterbenefits for both countries and peoples while contributing more to promotingpeace, stability, and prosperity in the region and the world.
The two sides agreedto maintain and strengthen Vietnam-China high-level exchanges through variousforms including bilateral visits, special envoys, hotlines, annual meetings andmeetings on the sidelines of multilateral forums, thus timely exchangingviewpoints on important issues in the relationship between the two Parties andcountries as well as on regional and international situations, and definingorientations and directing the Vietnam-China ties’ growth in the new period.
They concurred thatboth Vietnam and China have entered an important period of socio-economicdevelopment, thus it is necessary to optimise the overall coordinating role ofexchange and cooperation mechanisms, such as high-level meetings between thetwo Parties and the Steering Committee for Bilateral Cooperation, with focus onimproving effectiveness of partnership in five major areas.
Firstly, the twosides should effectively implement cooperation plan between the two Parties inthe 2016-2020 period, while increasing collaboration between central agenciesof the two parties and among Party organisations in localities, especially inprovinces and areas along the border.
The two sides shouldactively promote exchanges and friendship cooperation between the NationalAssembly of Vietnam and the National People’s Congress of China, and betweenthe Vietnam Fatherland Front and the Chinese People’s Political ConsultativeConference.
Secondly, the twocountries should strengthen exchanges and cooperation in diplomacy, defence,security and law enforcement.
Thirdly, the twosides should further promote the result-oriented partnership in economy andtrade, while making good strategic planning for bilateral cooperation.Affiliation in agriculture, environment, science-technology, and transportationshould also be strengthened.
Fourthly, bothcountries should encourage exchanges and links between the two peoples,especially the youth using flexible and diverse forms, in order to enhancemutual understanding and friendship. It is also necessary to expand partnershipin culture, education, tourism and media.
Fifthly, the twosides should optimise the role of the Vietnam-China Joint Committee on LandBorder and the Committee on Vietnam-China Land Border Gate Management, whilewell implementing legal documents on land border between the two countries.
The two sides havediscussed the sea-related issues in a straightforward and sincere manner. They underlinedthe need to observe the common perceptions reached by leaders of the twoParties and countries, and the “agreementon basic principles guiding the settlement of sea issues between Vietnam andChina”.
The two sides should make the best use of thegovernmental-level negotiating mechanism on border and territory and pursuenegotiations and friendly consultations to seek fundamental and long lastingsolutions acceptable to both sides.
The two sides agreed to wellimplement follow-up work after finishing the joint field survey in the area offthe mouth of the Gulf of Tonkin while accelerating negotiations on demarcatingthe area beyond the mouth of the Tonkin Gulf and promoting cooperation fordevelopment in the waters. They agreed to continue to promote the efforts ofthe working group on cooperation for development at sea while effectivelystepping up joint projects in less sensitive fields as agreed previously.
Both sides agreed to continue to fully andeffectively implement the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea(DOC), work towards the early formation of a Code of Conduct of Parties in theEast Sea (COC) on the basis of consensus consultation, effectively controllingdisputes at sea and avoiding actions that would further complicate or expandingdisputes, while maintaining peace and stability in the East Sea.
The Vietnamese side affirmed to consistently pursue theone-China policy, support the peaceful development of Cross-Strait relationsand China’s great cause of unification, and resolutely oppose actions for an“independent Taiwan” in any form. Vietnam does not develop any official tieswith Taiwan. The Chinese side welcomes Vietnam’s stance.
Both sides also agreed to boost coordination andcooperation at multilateral frameworks such as the United Nations, theAsia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, the ASEAN-China, Mekong – LanCang, thus working together in maintaining peace, stability and prosperity inthe region and the world.
The Joint Communiqué notedthat the two sides signed a number of cooperation documents during thevisit.-VNA
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