Vietnam treasures comprehensive cooperation with China: PM
Vietnam always treasures the friendship and comprehensive cooperation with China, regarding maintaining the stable and healthy relations with China as fitting the two countries’ fundamental and long-term interests and benefitting the preservation of peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam always treasures the friendship andcomprehensive cooperation with China, regarding maintaining the stable andhealthy relations with China as fitting the two countries’ fundamental andlong-term interests and benefitting the preservation of peace, stability,cooperation and development in the region.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc made the affirmation while hosting a receptionin Hanoi on March 31 for Chinese State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
The Vietnamese leader underlined that Wang Yi’s official visit to Vietnam andhis attendance at the sixth Greater Mekong Subregion Summit (GMS-6) are a vividillustration of China’s support for the bilateral ties and the neighbouringcountry’s hosting of GMS-6.
Both sides need to enhance the fruitful relations via high-level exchanges, hesaid, noting that they should address bottlenecks to bring greater economicbenefits to each nation.
He suggested China facilitate imports of Vietnamese products, invest inhigh-tech and environmentally friendly projects in Vietnam as well as put forthcollaboration with the Southeast Asian country in transport, agriculture,environment, science and technology and finance.
He expressed his hope that China will create favourable conditions for Vietnamto access Chinese preferential funds.
Regarding the sea issues, PM Phuc laid stress on the serious implementation ofthe agreement on the basic principles guiding the settlement of issues at seabetween Vietnam and China, saying that the issues must be tackled in respect ofeach other’s legal benefits and international regulations, especially theUnited Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in 1982.
Negotiation mechanisms should be promoted to well control disputes and maintainpeace and stability in the East Sea, he added.
Congratulating Vietnam on its successful organisation of the GMS-6, the Chinesediplomat affirmed that the Chinese Party, Government and People stand ready toenhance the friendly neighbourliness and comprehensive cooperation withVietnam.
He said that his country will grasp opportunities to bolster collaboration formutual benefits, and work to address appropriately disagreements to maintain peaceand stability in the East Sea and continuously develop the Vietnam-Chinacomprehensive strategic cooperative partnership in a stable and healthy fashion.-VNA
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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (Photo: VNA) 
