Secretary of State Blinken affirmed that the US attaches importance to the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Vietnam, in his first meeting with Minister Bui Thanh Son after the two countries upgraded their relations.
Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and Secretary of State Antony Blinken co-chaired the Vietnam-US Foreign Ministers' Dialogue in Washington on March 25. This is the first ministerial-level dialogue between Vietnam and the US since the two countries established a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in September 2023.
Secretary Blinken affirmed that the US attaches importance to the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Vietnam, supports a strong, independent, self-reliant, prosperous Vietnam that continues to innovate, expands international integration, and assumes an increasingly important role in ASEAN and the region as well as in the international arena. He emphasized the US commitment to implementing the new framework and agreements between the two countries' senior leaders, according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Minister Bui Thanh Son affirmed that the US is a strategically important partner of Vietnam, emphasizing that upgrading relations is the right decision that demonstrates the strategic vision of the two countries' senior leaders and efforts to strengthen bilateral cooperation, in line with the interests of the people, contributing to peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region.
According to Mr. Bui Thanh Son, Vietnam will continue to work with the US to implement the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in an increasingly effective, substantive, and stable manner, while expanding the space for cooperation on the basis of respecting each other's independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political institutions, in order to maintain development momentum for decades to come.
Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington, DC, USA on March 25. Photo: BNG
The two Ministers reviewed the progress since the upgrading of relations. Political and diplomatic relations have been increasingly strengthened, with high-level contacts and exchanges taking place actively. Economic, trade and investment cooperation continues to be an important driving force of bilateral relations. Cooperation in the fields of security and defense, education and training, health, science and technology, etc. has progressed positively, cooperation in overcoming the consequences of war continues to be a bright spot, typically the dioxin remediation project at Bien Hoa airport, the number of Vietnamese students studying in the US is increasing, etc.
New areas of cooperation such as climate change response, energy transition, science and technology, innovation, technology transfer and human resource training in the semiconductor industry are of interest to both sides.
The two sides also discussed regional and international issues. Minister Bui Thanh Son suggested that the US continue to play an active role in maintaining peace, stability, cooperation and development in the Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean as well as in the world. Secretary of State Blinken affirmed that the US supports ASEAN's central role in the region and will continue to promote cooperation within the framework of the ASEAN-US Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, while affirming that the US supports Mekong-US cooperation, climate change response and UN peacekeeping operations (PKO).
The two Ministers discussed the East Sea issue and agreed on the importance of peace, security, stability, freedom of navigation and aviation in the East Sea, resolving disputes through peaceful measures, in accordance with international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), fully implementing the DOC and moving towards an effective and substantive COC.
Huyen Le
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