During the function, the two sides reviewed their cooperation in all fields since the committee’s 6th meeting in May 2013 and defined areas for collaboration in the time ahead.
The officials shared the view that the healthy and stable growth of the Vietnam-China friendship was in line with the two peoples’ aspirations and interests for the benefit of regional peace, stability and development.
Vietnamese Deputy PM and FM Minh reiterated that Vietnam continuously treasured its comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with China and urged both sides to effectively specify the agreements reached during the Vietnamese Party chief’s Special Envoy Le Hong Anh’s visit to China in August 2014 on restoring cooperative exchanges, firmly controlling sea-related disagreements and avoiding actions that may complicate and broaden disputes.
He emphasised that Vietnam prioritised the use of peaceful measures to settle the East Sea issue with China on the basis of respecting the common perception of the two countries’ leaders, the agreement on the basic principles guiding the settlement of sea-related issues, and international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea.
On his part, Chinese State Councillor Yang Jiechi said China and Vietnam were important neighbours, adding that his country attached the utmost importance to its friendship and cooperation with Vietnam.
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