Wang Huning, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), met with Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, in Beijing on Thursday.
At the meeting, Wang, who is also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said that General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Vietnam earlier this month drew up a new grand blueprint for the construction of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future.
China is willing to work with Vietnam to earnestly implement the outcomes of this visit and solidly advance the building of China-Vietnam community with a shared future that carries strategic significance, Wang said.
Wang also told Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, who is also vice-president and secretary-general of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, that the CPPCC is willing to work with the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front to make contributions to promoting China-Vietnam friendship and strengthening people-to-people exchanges.
Nguyen Thi Thu Ha said that Xi's visit to Vietnam is of historic significance and will surely lead to greater development of bilateral relations.
The Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front is willing to take the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and China as an opportunity to strengthen exchanges with the CPPCC, and play an active role in promoting the construction of Vietnam-China community with a shared future, she said.
China's top political advisor meets senior Vietnamese official
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on Monday that the situation in Iran is "under total control" following violence linked to protests that spiked over the weekend.
Addressing foreign diplomats in Tehran, the foreign minister noted that armed terrorist groups had infiltrated the protests, attempting to divert them from their legitimate course. He claimed that evidence has been gathered showing Iranian security forces being shot at, with the aim of causing further casualties. He accused the United States and Israel of exploiting the unrest to interfere in Iran's internal affairs.
Araghchi further stated that the government is closely monitoring developments on the streets, emphasizing that "the situation has come under control." He also affirmed that internet services, curtailed during the unrest, would be restored after coordination with security agencies.
The government has engaged in dialogue with merchants and protest representatives and initiated reforms to address grievances related to price hikes and currency depreciation. Iran has taken a series of actions and measures to respond to the demands of peaceful demonstrators, the foreign minister said.
Earlier on Sunday, Araghchi said that clear evidence links recent riots and vandalism of public facilities in Iran to the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. This came after former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo mentioned Mossad agents operating on Iran's streets in a social media post. The Iranian foreign minister asserted that police are being attacked by "terrorists" acting under the direction of Israeli operatives, whom Pompeo publicly acknowledged.
The protests initially erupted over a sharp depreciation of the rial and sweeping subsidy reforms. Iranian authorities have blamed the unrest on foreign-linked agents and U.S. sanctions.
Iranian foreign minister says situation "fully under control," accuses Israeli intelligence of stoking unrest
