At the seventh Vietnam-Japan Strategic Partnership Dialogue (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam and Japan have sought concrete orientations and measuresto develop their extensive strategic partnership in a more pragmatic and effectivemanner, especially in politics-diplomacy, national defence and security.
At the seventh Vietnam-Japan Strategic Partnership Dialogue in Hanoi on June 3, Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trungand his Japanese counterpart Takeo Mori underlined the need to maintain regularvisits and meetings at all levels, particularly the high ones, and raise theefficiency of the existing dialogue mechanisms, contributing to enhancingmutual political trust and understanding.
Theyagreed to beef up cooperation at regional and international forums, closelycoordinate to promote collaboration between the Association of Southeast AsianNations (ASEAN) and Japan, in the context that Vietnam is the coordinator ofthe ASEAN-Japan relations for 2018-2021 and will assume the ASEAN Chairmanshipin 2020.
Regardingthe East Sea issue, they emphasised the significance of ensuring peace,security, safety and freedom of navigation and overflight, not using orthreatening to use force, pushing ahead with the settlement of disputes bypeaceful measures in line with international law, including the 1982 UnitedNations Convention on the Law of the Sea, fully respecting diplomatic and legalprocesses, effectively and fully realising the Declaration on the Conduct ofParties in the East Sea (DOC), and soon reaching a pragmatic, legally-bindingand effective Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC).
Bothrejoiced at outcomes of the dialogue and agreed to hold the next round in Japanin 2020.-VNA
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