Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced on Wednesday that China is ready to cooperate with Vietnam to develop comprehensive connectivity covering land, sea, and air routes, as well as to improve trade and investment support and leverage opportunities in developing industries.
Wang, who is also a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), made these statements in Beijing during a meeting with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung, who was in China for the 11th round of foreign ministers' meetings under the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation.
Wang noted that since the beginning of this year, thanks to the personal leadership of the top leaders of both parties and countries, the building of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future is deepening and strengthening. He emphasized China's readiness to work with Vietnam to implement the consensus reached by the leaders of the two parties and countries, and to enhance high-level interaction.
Furthermore, Wang stated that China is ready to join forces with Vietnam to strengthen multilateral coordination in forums such as the East Asia Cooperation, as well as to properly resolve maritime issues and jointly maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea.
He called on both sides to support each other in successfully holding the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economic leaders' summit.
Highlighting common ideals and beliefs, as well as similar approaches to party and state governance, Wang stated the need to deepen mutual learning and support, continuously enrich the modern aspects of the China-Vietnam community with a shared future, promote the modernization process of the respective countries, and inject new momentum into the revival of world socialism.
For his part, Trung congratulated the successful convening of the 20th Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee and expressed confidence that the important decisions from this meeting would help China enter a new stage of development.
Trung added that Vietnam intends to work with China to implement the consensus reached by the top leaders of both parties and countries and to strengthen the alignment of development strategies. He also noted that Vietnam highly values the achievements of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation and China's positive contribution, and is ready to strengthen coordination with China to further promote cooperation among regional states.
