Vietnam prioritises developing comprehensive strategic partnership with China
VOV.VN - Vietnam considers developing relations with China the strategic choice and top priority in its foreign policy, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang said at a reception hosted by the Chinese ambassador marking 74 years of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and China.
He said the stable and sustainable development of bilateral relations is in line with the practical interests of the two peoples and is beneficial to cooperation and prosperous development of the region and the wider world.
Quang noted that, the Vietnam - China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership developed positively and recorded great achievements of historical significance following the historic visit to China in late October 2022 by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
In addition, both countries agreed to further deepen and elevate the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership and build a China-Vietnam community with a shared future that carries strategic significance during the December 2023 visit to Vietnam by General Secretary and President Xi Jinping.
This is an important milestone in the development of Vietnam-China relations, a new positioning that brings relations between the two Parties and the two countries into an even better stage of development, stressed the Deputy PM.
Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo affirmed China is ready to work with Vietnam to realise common perceptions of the two countries’ senior leaders so as to further foster the Vietnam – China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership and to bring practical benefits for the two countries’ peoples.
He recalled the results of the talks between Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping, saying the two sides vowed to develop bilateral relations in a new phase with higher political trust, more solid security cooperation, deeper mutually beneficial cooperation, stronger popular support, closer multilateral coordination, and better handling of differences.
