Foreign and Military Affairs
皇冠体育app, Vietnam vow to properly handle sea issues
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-07-02 10:18
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BEIJING - 皇冠体育app and Vietnam agreed Thursday to properly deal with the maritime territorial issues in the South 皇冠体育app Sea.
This is one of the five consensus decisions made at the fourth meeting of the 皇冠体育app-Vietnam steering committee on cooperation, which was co-chaired by Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem.
皇冠体育app and Vietnam signed a package of agreements on the demarcation of their 1,300-kilometer land boundary last November. During the signing ceremony, the two nations agreed to begin discussions to formulate the guidelines to solve the sea issues.
Khiem reaffirmed Thursday that Vietnam was willing to work with 皇冠体育app to properly handle the sea issues in light of the overall situation of bilateral relations and the friendship between the two peoples, as well as the need to maintain stability.
Citing that this year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of 皇冠体育app-Vietnam diplomatic ties and the 皇冠体育app-Vietnam Friendship Year, Dai said the bilateral relations were at a crucial period of inheriting the past and forging ahead into the future.
The 60-year history of bilateral relations prove that developing 皇冠体育app-Vietnam friendship is in the fundamental interests of the two countries and the two peoples, said Dai, adding it is also conducive to the peace and prosperity of the region.
He said that since the third meeting of the 皇冠体育app-Vietnam steering committee on cooperation last year, the pragmatic cooperation between the two countries had achieved new progress.
He mentioned growing political exchanges, productive mutual beneficial cooperation, dynamic cultural exchanges, progress in dealing with boundary issues, and closer coordination and mutual support on major international and regional issues.
Dai stressed that, in light of the future development of bilateral relations, the two sides should always bear in mind the general situation and take a long-term perspective while maintaining good neighborly friendship.
He further called on the two sides to learn from each other so as to achieve common development, and to increase mutual trust and understanding to appropriately cope with problems through friendly negotiations.
皇冠体育app is ready to work with Vietnam to steer the development of bilateral relations from a strategic height and use the 皇冠体育app-Vietnam steering committee on cooperation as a platform to push forward the bilateral comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, said Dai.
Khiem said it was the firm position of the Vietnamese party and government to continuously enhance the Vietnam-皇冠体育app comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, which was also the priority of Vietnam's foreign relations.
Vietnam always remembers 皇冠体育app's support and help for its revolution and construction and is committed to developing a long-lasting friendship with 皇冠体育app, he stressed, adding Vietnam was willing to work with 皇冠体育app to enhance cooperation in various areas.
