Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (R) and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (Photo: VNA) The Party chief stressed that the official visit toVietnam, the first by Blinken in his capacity as US Secretary of State, is of significanceas it takes place on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of thebilateral comprehensive partnership.
He spoke highly of results of the US official’s workingsessions in Vietnam, as well as the strong, comprehensive development of the bilateralrelations, saying the important foundations for the development lie with therespect for independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and politicalinstitutions of each other, for peace, stability and development in the regionand the world.
The host also highly valued outcomes of his phone talkswith President Joe Biden on March 29, during which they compared notes onmajor orientations for the Vietnam-US relations, particularly high-levelmeetings and exchanges in order to enhance mutual understanding and expandcooperation in trade-investment, science-technology, education-training andothers.
For his part, Blinken conveyed wishes and regards of President Joe Biden to the Vietnamese Party leader, and stressed that the US also highlyvalues the success of the phone talks.
He highlighted the comprehensive, substantive developmentof the Vietnam-US comprehensive partnership over the past years, saying the UScommits to enhancing cooperation with Vietnam across spheres, especially in trade-investment,science-technology, education-training and climate change response.
The Secretary of State reiterated that the US attachesimportance to its relationship with Vietnam, and wishes to advance it to a newlevel.
He also affirmed the US’s support for ASEAN’s centrality,and its hope for the acceleration of the handling of issues of shared concernthrough ASEAN mechanisms and frameworks.
In this regard, Trong welcomed the US’s support forconcern of Vietnam and other ASEAN countries over regional and internationalissues.
On behalf of President Biden, the Secretary of State reiteratedthe invitation to the Party chief to visit the US.
Trong noted his thanks and asked relevant agencies toarrange the visit at an appropriate time. He also reiterated the invitation toBiden to visit Vietnam. Blinken, in reply, said the US President wishes tovisit the Southeast Asian nation at an early date.
The same day, Blinken had a meeting with Le HoaiTrung, head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations,during which the two sides looked into orientations and measures to carry forwardsoutcomes of the bilateral relations, and materialise results of the phone talksbetween Party General Secretary Trong and President Biden, and of the visit toVietnam by the Secretary of State./.
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