Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (left) and Indonesian President Joko Widodo. (Photo: VNA) Both leaders spoke highly of the positive development in thestrategic partnership between Vietnam and Indonesian since their meeting in LabuanBajo in May.
They affirmed that the two countries will step upall-level delegation exchanges in the time ahead, setting milestones for the10th anniversary of the strategic partnership in 2023 and looking towards the70th founding anniversary of the bilateral diplomatic relations and the 80th anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day and Indonesia’s Independence Day in 2025.
The two sides agreed to effectively optimise bilateral cooperationmechanisms and coordinate to well implement signed agreements, includingbringing the signed document on maritime cooperation into effect soon, creatingmomentum to elevate the strategic partnership to a new height, towards a comprehensivestrategic partnership in the near future.
PM Chinh suggested the two countries maintain theirtrade ties in a more balanced way, striving to raise the bilateral trade revenueto 15 billion USD by 2028, and suggested the two governments encouragebusinesses of the two countries to increase investment, especially in such newareas as digital economy, green economy, energy transition and e-vehicleecosystem development.
He also called on Indonesia ease the application oftrade remedy measures against Vietnamese goods, thus facilitating the access of farmproduce and Halal products originating from Vietnam to the Indonesian market.
The two countries should cooperate in new, strategicsupply chains and enhance cooperation in the areas in which both sides areinterested, he said.
The PM suggested Indonesia recognise Vietnam’s effortsin monitoring the operations of fishing boats, and minimising illegal,unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities.
President Widodo welcomed PM Chinh to Indonesia to attend the 43rd ASEAN Summit and related meetings.
He thanked and highly appreciated Vietnam's support for and active assistance to Indonesia's ASEAN Chairmanship in 2023.
President Widodo welcomed Vietnamese businesses, including VinFast, to invest in Indonesia and promote cooperation in the development of renewable energy and electric vehicle ecosystem.
The President suggested the two countries strengthen marine cooperation, and sustainable fishery cooperation and soon sign a Memorandum of Understanding on fishery cooperation.
Talking about regional and international issues, PM Chinh affirmed that Vietnam supports and works closely with Indonesia to ensure the success of the 43rd ASEAN Summit and the ASEAN Chairmanship Year 2023, contributing to strengthening solidarity, unity, and centrality of ASEAN and maintaining peace, stability, cooperation, and common development in the region.
Regarding the East Sea issue, the two leaders reaffirmed their support for maintaining ASEAN's solidarity and agreed principles in the East Sea issue, especially the early finalisation of an effective Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC) between ASEAN and China in line with international law and the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
PM Chinh conveyed the invitations of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President Vo Van Thuong to President Widodo to visit Vietnam soon. President Widodo accepted the invitations with pleasure./.
