At the event (Source: VNA) Speaking at the event, the Partyleader expressed his delight at meeting again Chinese friends and comrades who contributedto Vietnam’s revolutionary cause and Vietnam-China friendship.
The Party, State and people ofVietnam always value whole-hearted support that the Chinese counterpartsprovided for Vietnam during the national liberation and reunification, he said,adding that despite ups and downs over the past 67 years, friendship andcooperation remain a mainstream in bilateral ties.
As close neighbours, Vietnam andChina have similar political regimes led by the communist parties so thatstability and development are crucial to both sides. The strengthening of thehealthy and stable friendship and comprehensive strategic cooperativepartnership between Vietnam and China is a historic responsibility and objectiverequirement, matching basic and long-term interests of the two people and forthe sake of peace, stability and development in the region and the world, henoted.
The relations between the two Parties and the two States are growingpositively, serving as a prerequisite and an important driving force to thecontinuous development of the two countries’ ties for the sake of the twopeople, the region and the world, he said.
According to him, both sidesextensively discussed and reached common consensus on important perceptions ofmajor orientations to fostering political trust and improving win-wincooperation in diverse areas, agreed to consistently deal with issues at sea inline with basic principles while maintaining peace, stability and developmentof bilateral ties.
He noted that people-to-peoplefriendship is a social foundation and a source of power for bilateral ties, andwished that sentiment between the two nations would be closer and moreattention would be paid to educating young generations about the tradition ofbilateral ties.
The Vietnamese leader wished that theChinese Party, government and people led by Xi Jinping would reap greatersuccesses in the cause of building a well-off society and a modern socialistState with prosperity, democracy, civilisation and harmony, as well assuccessfully host the 19th National Party Congress later this year.
Chairman of the Chinese People’sPolitical Consultative Conference Yu Zhengsheng, for his part, stressed thatthe Chinese Party and State attach special importance to developing ties withVietnam, and give the China-Vietnam ties in a special position in externalrelations with neighbouring countries.
He described the time-honouredfriendship fostered by Presidents Ho Chi Minh and Mao Zedong and generations ofleaders during the national liberation as an invaluable asset of the twopeoples that needs to be appreciated, inherited and upheld.
Over the past years, both sides have properlysettled border delimitation on land and in the Gulf of Tonkin via internalnegotiations.
Yu believed that with straightforwardand friendly discussions in light of each side’s interests, any complicated issueswill be tackled appropriately and any factor would not hinder the developmentof bilateral ties.
In the new year, China and Vietnamwill welcome new development opportunities and write a new chapter ofcooperation to bring happiness to the two people, he said.
At the event, participants weretreated to music and dance performances staged by Vietnamese and Chineseartists.-VNA
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