Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan delivers the speech at the event. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan delivered a speech atthe plenary session of the sixth Summit of Conferenceon Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) inAstana, the capital city of Kazakhstan on October 13, and engaged in bilateral meetings with some heads of delegations on the sidelines of the event.

In her speech, Vice President Xuan suggested that CICA shoulduphold the spirit of cooperation, action and responsibility to create apeaceful and stable environment for development in line with the UN Charter andinternational law, especially the principles of respect for independence,sovereignty, territorial integrity of countries, and settlement of disputes bypeaceful means without the use of or threat to use force.

CICA should actively engage in shaping and leading strong transformation trends of a newAsia, ensuring a rapid, sustainable and inclusive recovery and developmentprocess following the pandemic.

CICA needs to promote complementarity and interweavingbetween regional and inter-regional cooperation and linkage mechanisms in orderto form an open, multi-centre, multi-tiered multilateral network, she said.

The Vietnamese Vice President highlighted ASEAN's efforts to maintain a peaceful andstable Southeast Asia region, ensure freedom of navigation and overflight, andsettle disputes by peaceful means in line with the law, especially the1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

On the occasion, Xuan affirmed that with the foreign policyof independence, self-reliance, peace, friendship, cooperation and development,multilateralisation and diversification of relations, always being aꦰ friend, a trustworthypartner and an active and responsible member of the international community,Vietnam is ready to join all efforts for dialogues, coordinated actions andtrust building within the framework of CICA for the sake of peace, cooperationand development.

Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo: VNA)

In a conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Xuan affirmed that Vietnam attachesimportance to its comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia.

She wished both countries would maintain and enhanceeffective cooperation, continue working closely to tackle difficulties inbilateral economic, trade and investment ties.

Putin stressed that Russia always considers Vietnam atop important partner in its foreign policy and agreed to deepen ties between thetwo nations in a practical and effective manner.

Meeting Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan,Xuan said Vietnam consistently considers theconsolidation and development of the comprehensive strategic cooperativepartnership with China a top priority in its foreign policy of independence,self-reliance, multilateralisation and diversification of ties.

Vietnam always wishes to constantly promote the relationshipbetween the two Parties and countries with higher political trust, morepractical cooperation and solid foundation for friendship, she said.

Wang, for his part, consented to continue with the exchangeof delegations at al🅺l levels in t🌄he near future.

Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan meets with Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. (Photo: VNA)

Talking with Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Prime Minister ofPakistan Shehbaz Sharif, Xuan expressed hope for practical cooperation activitiestoward the 50th anniversary of Vietnam-Pakistan diplomatic ties andthe 30th anniversary of Vietnam-Qatar diplomatic ties next year.

Leaders of Qatar and Pakistan said they wish to visitVietnam soon, adding that there is a huge room to further expand bilaterallinks, especially in economy, trade and investment.

CICA is an inter-governmental forum initiated byKazakhstan in 1992. It now has 28 member states, namely Afghanistan, Egypt, India,Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cambodia, the Republic of Korea, Iraq, Iran,Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Pa🌱kistan,Palestine, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, China, UAE,Uzbekistan and Vietnam. Kuwait was admitted at CICA 6.