Party leader meets Representative Council Speakers of Indonesia

General Secretary Trong congratulated Indonesia on the tremendous achievements in a multitude of areas, experesing his belief that Indonesian people will continue to reap even greater accomplishments in the time ahead.

Welcoming the Vietnamese leader’s official visit, Novanto expressed his admiration for the country’s struggle for national independence while valuing its major achievements over the three decades of reforms, especially in spurring economic growth, maintaining political and social stability, and improving people’s living standards.

General Secretary Trong and Speaker Novanto highly valued the comprehensive, positive and effective relationship between the National Assembly of Vietnam and the People’s Representative Council of Indonesia.

The two sides shared the view that both Vietnam and Indonesia play important roles in ASEAN and they are trustworthy partners of each other and share many similar interests and viewpoints.

The countries should expand relations via the channels of Parties, Governments, parliaments and people’s organisations, thus helping to reinforce their traditional friendship and strategic partnership, the leaders said.

They agreed to lift bilateral trade to US$8 billion in 2018 and US$10 billion in the near future.

The two leader underlined the need to bolster cooperation in all areas, including increasing delegation exchanges between their subordinate committees and enhancing activities of parliamentary friendship groups, so as to foster cooperation and experience sharing between the two legislative bodies.

They should also step up information exchange, close coordination and mutual support at international and regional forums such as the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly, and the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum, the leaders added.

Party leader Trong said he hopes the People’s Representative Council of Indonesia and the National Assembly of Vietnam, as the representative agencies of the two countries’ people, will have more active contributions to the bilateral friendship, multifaceted cooperation and strategic partnership.

On this occasion, he conveyed an invitation to visit Vietnam from National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan to Speaker Novanto, who accepted the invitation with pleasure.

The same day, the Party chief met with Speaker of Indonesia’s Regional Representative Council Oesman Sapta Odang in Jakarta.

The two sides agreed that Vietnam and Indonesia have maintained long-standing relations and both are members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), thus facilitating their promotion of their relations.

The deepening of the bilateral strategic partnership not only satisfies the benefits of their people but also contributes to building an ASEAN of solidarity, unity and strength, thus promoting peace, stability and development in the region and beyond, they said.

They added that the development of cooperation between their State power agencies at central and local levels as well as between groups of parliamentarians will help increase the operational efficiency of Vietnam’s National Assembly and Indonesia’s legislative bodies.

This will also contribute to increasing political trust and reinforcing the bilateral friendship and cooperation, they said.

Party leader Trong congratulated Indonesia on its achievements gained in recent years and greatly valued the country’s rising international profile.

The Indonesian Speaker pledged to make active contributions to strengthening the two nations’ comprehensive cooperative ties, including the experience exchanges in monitoring the government’s activities and augmenting cooperation among localities such as Hanoi and Jakarta.