Vietnam, Malaysia step up collaboration
VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and his Malaysian counterpart Anifah Aman on July 27 co-chaired the 5th session of the Vietnam-Malaysia Committee for Economic, Science and Technology Cooperation in Hanoi.
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They encouraged the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group and Malaysia’s Petronas to seek mutual cooperation and cooperation with the third party. They consented to step up cooperation in security and national defense, soon negotiate and sign cooperation agreements on combating human trafficking, extradition, and hand over of prisoners to fine-tune legal frameworks in combating crimes.
The two countries will support each other at regional and international forums, promote ASEAN’s solidarity and central role in the regional security architecture, and increase consultation for peace, security, stability, safety and freedom of navigation and overflight in the East Sea.
They called on involved parties to practice restraint, not to use or threaten to use force, respect legal and diplomatic process, settle disputes on the basis of international law including the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and soon finalize the Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC).
Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman began is on an official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.
The sixth Vietnam-Malaysia Joint Committee for Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation is set to be held in Malaysia in 2019.
The same day, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Minister Anifah Aman at the Government Office.