At the talks (Source: VNA) Minh, who is also Deputy PrimeMinister, is on Russia visit from November 23-25. He briefed his host aboutVietnam’s major orientations to socio-economic development and externalpolicies in the next five years.
Expressing satisfaction with highpolitical trust between the two nations, both sides agreed to further facilitatethe exchange of all-level visits on the Party, State, government, NationalAssembly, ministry and local channels; effectively maintain existing dialogueand consultation mechanisms; and hasten negotiations and signing of severalagreements to fine-tune legal framework for bilateral coordination.
In the first ten months of this year,two-way trade hit 2.2 billion USD. The two countries are set to effectivelyrealise the Vietnam-Eurasian Economic Union free trade agreement towardslifting the figure to 10 billion USD by 2020.
In order to facilitate exports and imports,host and guest pledged to embark on projects in the fields of energy, industry,mechanical engineering, including establishing an automobile manufacturingjoint-venture in Vietnam, opening a Vietnam light industry complex in Moscow,and TH True Milk’s dairy farm in Russia’s Moscow Oblast and Kaluga province.
The two ministers underscored energyties as one of the pillars strategic to each country’s development, and vowedall possible support for Vietnamese and Russian oil and gas firms to enhancecoordination.
They were committed to continuingeffective and close bilateral cooperation in national defence-security,especially military technical aspect, as well as expanding ties acrossscience-technology, education - training, culture, tourism, labour and liaison amonglocalities.
Minh thanked the Russian ForeignMinistry and agencies concerned for offering support to Vietnamese nationalsliving in the host country.
On multilateral cooperation, the twocountries will continue working closely together at multilateral forums such asthe United Nations, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum, theAsia-Europe Meeting, the East Asia Summit, and the ASEAN Regional Forum.
Vietnam backs Russia’s active role inAsia-Pacific and stands ready to serve as a bridge connecting Russia and ASEAN,Minh said.
Lavrov, for his part, hailedVietnam’s increasing stature in the region and the world.
The two ministers expressed theirdelight at the countries’ similar viewpoints in almost all regional and globalmatters of significance, including those involving Asia-Pacific and the MiddleEast.
Turning to the East Sea issue, theywere unanimous in the peaceful settlement of disputes in line withinternational law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law ofthe Sea; the full and effective implementation of the Declaration on theConduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) and the early formulation of a Code ofConduct in the East Sea (COC).
They described the maintenance ofregular political consultation between the two foreign ministries assignificant to further promoting Vietnam-Russia strategic partnership and jointaction in international arena.
Following the talks, Minh and Lavrovsigned a cooperation scheme between the two foreign ministries for 2017-2018.
Earlier, Minh laid a wreath at amemorial dedicated to unknown martyrs and Ho Chi Minh Monument in Moscow./.
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