Deputy Prime Minister and ForeignMinister Pham Binh Minh and Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudico-chaired the second foreign ministerial-level meeting of thecountries’ Bilateral Cooperation Committee in Jakarta on June 24-25,highlighting the sound and efficient development of their relationsacross the board.
Political relations betweenVietnam and Indonesia, strategic partners since June 2013, have beengrowing with high mutual trust, they said, noting regular high-rankingvisits and contacts between Parties, Governments, States, parliamentsand peoples.
The two nations have seen flourishingeconomic ties with trade reaching 5.4 billion USD in 2014, soaring by17.4 percent from 2012 when the Bilateral Cooperation Committee was setup and achieving the turnover target one year ahead of schedule.
The 2010 defence cooperation agreement has been implementedeffectively and collaboration in other realms like energy, aviation,culture, education-training and tourism is also strongly growing,helping promote their strategic partnership, the officials said.
At the meeting, they agreed to continue senior delegation exchanges,particularly as the countries celebrate the 60 th anniversary ofdiplomatic ties this year.
Besides furtheroptimising the Bilateral Cooperation Committee’s efficiency, they willconvene the seventh meeting of the joint committee on economics, trade,science and technology in 2015 and establish new cooperation mechanismsand agreements in other spheres.
Both sides sharedthe view that to realise the 10 billion USD trade goal by 2018, Vietnamand Indonesia need to create optimal conditions for their businesses ininvesting in and trading coal, minerals, consumer goods and farm producewhile increasing commercial consultations.
Indonesia pledged to actively consider Vietnam’s suggestion to importthe latter’s rice, purple onions, and electronics and consumer products.
The two countries will organise the third meetingof the joint technical committee on fisheries in 2015, the participantssaid.
Also at the meeting, Indonesia spoke highly ofthe countries’ coordination at regional and international forums andaffirmed it will continue working with Vietnam and other ASEAN membernations to successfully build the ASEAN Community this year.
The country renewed its support for Vietnam’s candidacy as a member ofthe United Nations Economic and Social Council for the 2016-2018 term,adding that it will coordinate closely with Vietnam in organising theAsia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in 2017.
With regard to complicated developments in the East Sea, the two sidesunderscored the importance of sustaining peace, stability, and maritimeand aviation security and safety in the waters; settling disputespeacefully through negotiations between relevant parties on the basis ofinternational law, especially the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of theSea and ASEAN’s Six-Point Principles on the East Sea; fully complyingwith the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea; andexerting efforts to expeditiously set up a code of conduct in the EastSea.
Concluding the second meeting, the two sidessigned the meeting’s minutes and concurred that the third meeting willbe hosted by Vietnam in 2017.-VNA
Political relations betweenVietnam and Indonesia, strategic partners since June 2013, have beengrowing with high mutual trust, they said, noting regular high-rankingvisits and contacts between Parties, Governments, States, parliamentsand peoples.
The two nations have seen flourishingeconomic ties with trade reaching 5.4 billion USD in 2014, soaring by17.4 percent from 2012 when the Bilateral Cooperation Committee was setup and achieving the turnover target one year ahead of schedule.
The 2010 defence cooperation agreement has been implementedeffectively and collaboration in other realms like energy, aviation,culture, education-training and tourism is also strongly growing,helping promote their strategic partnership, the officials said.
At the meeting, they agreed to continue senior delegation exchanges,particularly as the countries celebrate the 60 th anniversary ofdiplomatic ties this year.
Besides furtheroptimising the Bilateral Cooperation Committee’s efficiency, they willconvene the seventh meeting of the joint committee on economics, trade,science and technology in 2015 and establish new cooperation mechanismsand agreements in other spheres.
Both sides sharedthe view that to realise the 10 billion USD trade goal by 2018, Vietnamand Indonesia need to create optimal conditions for their businesses ininvesting in and trading coal, minerals, consumer goods and farm producewhile increasing commercial consultations.
Indonesia pledged to actively consider Vietnam’s suggestion to importthe latter’s rice, purple onions, and electronics and consumer products.
The two countries will organise the third meetingof the joint technical committee on fisheries in 2015, the participantssaid.
Also at the meeting, Indonesia spoke highly ofthe countries’ coordination at regional and international forums andaffirmed it will continue working with Vietnam and other ASEAN membernations to successfully build the ASEAN Community this year.
The country renewed its support for Vietnam’s candidacy as a member ofthe United Nations Economic and Social Council for the 2016-2018 term,adding that it will coordinate closely with Vietnam in organising theAsia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in 2017.
With regard to complicated developments in the East Sea, the two sidesunderscored the importance of sustaining peace, stability, and maritimeand aviation security and safety in the waters; settling disputespeacefully through negotiations between relevant parties on the basis ofinternational law, especially the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of theSea and ASEAN’s Six-Point Principles on the East Sea; fully complyingwith the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea; andexerting efforts to expeditiously set up a code of conduct in the EastSea.
Concluding the second meeting, the two sidessigned the meeting’s minutes and concurred that the third meeting willbe hosted by Vietnam in 2017.-VNA
