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PM Phuc met with Chinese Premier to speed up negotiations on sea-related issues
By Tuan Minh 11:58, 2016/07/15
On July 14, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc had bilateral meetings with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on the sidelines of the 11th Asia-Europe Meeting Summit in Ulan Bator, Mongolia.
 
The meeting between Vietnamese PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Ulan Bator, Mongolia
The meeting between Vietnamese PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Ulan Bator, Mongolia

Mentioning the East Sea issue while meeting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, PM Phuc suggested both sides strictly follow common perceptions and agreements reached by their senior leaders, including the agreement on basic principles guiding the settlement of sea-related issues. The two countries should speed up negotiations on sea-related issues, while well controlling disputes at sea, avoiding complicating the situation, implementing the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) comprehensively and effectively, and soon signing a Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC) in order to maintain peace and stability in the region, he added. 

At the meeting, PM Phuc also affirmed that Vietam consistently pursues its foreign policy of peace, independence, self-reliance, diversification and multi-lateralization, and intensive international integration, while attaching importance to developing its friendly neighborliness and comprehensive cooperation with China. He suggested the two Governments direct their agencies to effectively implement common perceptions and results of the ninth session of the Vietnam-China Steering Committee on Bilateral Cooperation, maintain regular delegation exchanges to intensify political trust and mutual understanding and to boost practical cooperation. 

For his part, Chinese Premier Li confirmed that China attaches importance to consolidating and developing its neighborly friendship and all-round cooperation with Vietnam. China is willing to develop strategic dialogues with Vietnam, boost win-win cooperation across sectors, follow common perceptions on sea issues, and control and address disputes properly so as to develop the China-Vietnam comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership stably and sustainably, he stated. 

The two leaders also discussed measures to further foster bilateral relations as well as regional and international issues of mutual concern. He suggested the Chinese Government facilitate the operation of Vietnamese businesses in China’s manufacturing and processing zones and support ASEAN’s stance of maintaining peace, stability, and aviation and navigation security and freedom in the East Sea and settling disputes by peaceful resolutions on the basis of international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. 
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