At noon on August 1, in the capital New Delhi, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the press to announce the results of the two sides' talks.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet the press. Photo: Nhat Bac

Pilgrimage to the land of Buddhism At the press conference, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his condolences on the passing of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong - a good friend of India. Prime Minister Modi emphasized that under the leadership of the General Secretary, the relationship between the two countries has a new direction of development. Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the achievements in the cooperation between the two countries in recent times, notably the two sides upgraded their relationship to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in 2016; bilateral trade increased by 85%...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a press conference. Photo: Nhat Bac

The Indian Prime Minister said that at today's talks, the two sides discussed in detail all areas of bilateral cooperation and prepared directions for future cooperation. To strengthen the comprehensive strategic partnership, the two countries have approved new cooperation orientations; approved a credit package of hundreds of millions of USD on maritime cooperation, counter-terrorism and cyber security... The two Prime Ministers agreed to focus cooperation on emerging areas, taking advantage of each other's strengths to connect businesses of the two countries.

The Indian Prime Minister said that at today's talks, the two sides discussed in detail all areas of bilateral cooperation and prepared directions for future cooperation. Photo: Nhat Bac

Emphasizing that Buddhism is the common heritage of the two countries, connecting the two peoples spiritually, Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited the Vietnamese people to join the pilgrimage to the Buddhist land of India. “Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s visit has opened a new chapter in the bilateral relationship,” the Indian Prime Minister affirmed.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the press conference. Photo: Nhat Bac

Speaking to the press, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh shared his warm and close feelings as if he had returned home when being warmly and sincerely welcomed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian people. The Prime Minister expressed his belief that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his third consecutive term, India will continue to bring more benefits to the people, achieve more brilliant achievements, and achieve the vision of "Viksit Bharat 2047" - making India a developed country by 2047. Promoting bilateral cooperation with the motto "5 more" Sharing his strategic vision of today's world, the Prime Minister said that we are in a period of intertwined opportunities and challenges but with more difficulties and challenges. This requires a comprehensive and holistic mindset of each country as well as solidarity and close cooperation of countries with a comprehensive, global approach and solutions. “Mr. Narendra Modi and I are pleased to note the great progress and achievements in the bilateral relationship, especially since the establishment of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in 2016,” the Prime Minister informed. The Head of Government said that the two leaders reaffirmed the priority and respect that Vietnam and India give to each other in foreign policy.

Vietnam and India have stood side by side throughout history, in the present and in the future. Photo: Minh Nhat

The two sides agreed to continue to cherish, preserve, consolidate and enhance the traditional relationship between Vietnam and India as sincere, trustworthy, loyal and devoted friends. The two countries have stood side by side throughout history, at present and in the future; striving to find a breakthrough to develop the bilateral relationship to new heights, strengthening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in the new strategic period. The two Prime Ministers agreed that Vietnam and India have high political trust; similar cultures and civilizations, shared ideas; complementary economies; and shared aspirations to build a strong and prosperous country, with happy and prosperous people. “In that spirit, the Prime Minister and I, along with high-ranking delegates of the two countries, agreed to adopt a Joint Statement on strengthening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership during the visit, and agreed to promote bilateral cooperation with the motto of 5 more,” the Prime Minister shared. First, higher political and strategic trust; including strengthening annual exchanges and contacts between the two countries through Party, State, National Assembly and people channels; maximizing the effectiveness of bilateral cooperation mechanisms and effectively implementing the action program for the 2024 - 2028 period with a focus on comprehensively promoting 11 areas of cooperation, both traditional and emerging, such as: Digital transformation, green transformation, etc. Second, defense - security cooperation is more open and deeper; including effectively implementing the Joint Statement on Vietnam - India Defense Partnership until 2030. Third, vision and actions for more substantive and effective economic, trade and investment cooperation, including agreeing to double two-way trade and investment turnover in the next 3 - 5 years. Fourth, cooperation in science and technology, innovation and creativity become stronger driving forces; promote cooperation in scientific research, nuclear energy, rare earths, renewable energy, new technology fields such as semiconductors, artificial intelligence, cloud computing... Fifth, cultural cooperation, tourism and people-to-people exchanges are more closely connected. Together we strive to turn the East Sea into a sea of ​​peace and stability. In addition, the two leaders also agreed to further deepen regional and international cooperation; continue to coordinate and support each other at multilateral forums... "Vietnam strongly supports India's Look East policy and supports India's increasingly important role in important cooperation institutions in the region and the world," Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed. During this visit, Vietnam decided to join the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) and affirmed to soon complete procedures to join the International Solar Alliance (ISA) initiated by India. The two sides agreed to establish a consultation on Economic Diplomacy at the Deputy Foreign Minister level.

The two countries continue to coordinate and support each other at multilateral forums. Photo: Minh Nhat

In addition, the two sides reaffirmed the importance of ensuring a peaceful, stable, secure, safe and free environment for navigation and aviation in the East Sea; and resolving disputes by peaceful means on the basis of respect for international law, especially the 1982 UNCLOS.
On this occasion, the authorities of the two countries signed nine important cooperation documents on defense, diplomacy, justice, culture, health, scientific research and human resource training... and many economic, trade and investment cooperation documents of enterprises.
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