China will work with Vietnam to advance their comprehensive strategic cooperation toward higher quality and deeper levels, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said during a meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Tuesday.
The two leaders met on the sideline of the ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations)-China-GCC (the Gulf Cooperation Council) Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Li said that not long ago, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping paid a successful state visit to Vietnam.
China stands ready to work with Vietnam to implement the outcomes of the visit, maintain high-level exchanges, deepen mutual political trust and enhance mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields and advance the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries toward higher quality and deeper development, said Li.
Li said that China will remain committed to opening-up and development, and looks to strengthen communication and cooperation with Vietnam, jointly uphold international fairness and justice, safeguard the global economic and trade order, and protect the common interests of the Global South countries.
For his part, Pham Minh Chinh said Vietnam will join hands with China to actively implement the important consensus reached by the top leaders of the two parties and the two countries, intensify high-level exchanges and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields.
The Vietnamese side congratulates on the success of the first ASEAN-China-GCC Summit, he said, voicing his country's willingness to work with China to pursue more practical achievements in tripartite cooperation.
Chinese premier calls for advancing China-Vietnam comprehensive strategic cooperation
Chinese premier calls for advancing China-Vietnam comprehensive strategic cooperation
