Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh stressed that the bilateral relations continue to make positive progress; suggested that the two sides continue to maintain high-level visits, to promote mutually beneficial cooperation, to implement agreements reached during the visit of the leaders of the two countries, to promote economic cooperation and trade development and strengthen cooperation between the two foreign ministries.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh shook hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi
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Deputy PM Pham Binh Minh took note of developments in Vietnam-China ties and proposed that the two sides maintain delegation exchanges and contacts at high level while pushing forward mutually-benefiting cooperation and the implementation of agreements reached during visits of their leaders.
He urged more balanced and sustainable economic and trade ties and stronger affiliation between the two foreign ministries. Minh requested China to facilitate the import of Vietnamese goods, particularly agro-forestry-fishery products. He said both sides need to improve the performance of their working groups on infrastructure and finance-currency, thus accelerating construction speed of contracted infrastructure projects. He asked China to implement preferential credit packages for Vietnam.
The Vietnamese Deputy PM and Foreign Minister also expressed Vietnam’s concern over the recent complicated developments in the East Sea, and called for compliance of commitments and common perceptions reached by leaders of the two Parties and countries on well controlling disputes and refraining from acts that further complicate the situation while pushing for progress in negotiation mechanisms on disputes at sea.
He noted the need to together with the ASEAN effectively implement the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) and early build a Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC) to help maintain peace and stability in the East Sea and the region.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi welcomed Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh attending the special ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers' Meeting; agreed on measures to strengthen cooperation between the two countries.
On the situation in the region, Minister Wang Yi said that China and ASEAN have the need to maintain peace, cooperation, control dissent in the East Sea; on bilateral, the two countries have negotiated the relevant mechanisms.
