Updated date: 11/12/2023 18:44:08
On December 11, after the welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held talks with Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Moha Bovor Thipadei Hun Manet, who is on an official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Prime Minister Hun Manet (Photo: QUANG PHUC)
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh warmly welcomed Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Moha Bovor Thipadei Hun Manet on his first official visit to Vietnam, which was also Prime Minister Hun Manet's first visit to an ASEAN country. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed his belief that the Cambodian Government led by Prime Minister Hun Manet will continue to achieve many new achievements in national construction and development, turning Cambodia into an upper-middle-income country by 2030 and a high-income country by 2050.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that Vietnam's consistent policy is to always attach importance to and give high priority to the relationship of "good neighborliness, traditional friendship, comprehensive cooperation, long-term sustainability" between Vietnam and Cambodia; always attach importance to the tradition of solidarity, close-knit relations, sharing and mutual support between the two countries in the past struggle for national independence and in the cause of national construction and development today.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Moha Bovor Thipadei Hun Manet (Photo: QUANG PHUC)
Prime Minister Hun Manet affirmed that this official visit to Vietnam aims to inherit the fine tradition and continue to promote the traditional solidarity, friendship and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries to a new height; expressed sincere thanks to the Vietnamese army and people for helping Cambodia escape the Pol Pot genocidal regime, as well as respect the tradition of solidarity and mutual assistance between the two countries during the past struggle against colonialism and imperialism.
At the talks, the two leaders expressed their satisfaction with the positive developments in the Vietnam-Cambodia relationship in recent times. Political relations are increasingly close and trustworthy; the two sides regularly exchange delegations and high-level contacts at all channels and levels. Security and defense cooperation continues to be promoted. Two-way trade has made great strides, growing by an average of more than 20% in the 2015-2022 period and exceeding 10 billion USD in 2022; Vietnam continues to lead ASEAN and is in the top 5 countries with the largest direct investment in Cambodia with 205 valid investment projects with a total registered capital of 2.95 billion USD. In the first 9 months of 2023, there were more than 640,000 Vietnamese visitors to Cambodia and about 250,000 Cambodian visitors to Vietnam.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Moha Bovor Thipadei Hun Manet (Photo: QUANG PHUC)
The two Prime Ministers discussed major directions to strongly promote the comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Cambodia in the coming time. Accordingly, the two sides agreed to increase the exchange of high-level visits and contacts; effectively implement agreements between the two countries' senior leaders; and effectively promote important cooperation mechanisms between the two governments.
Regarding defense and security cooperation, the two Prime Ministers agreed to continue promoting these two important pillars to contribute to maintaining a peaceful and stable environment in each country; firmly uphold the principle of not allowing any hostile force to use the territory of one country to fight against the other; continue to effectively implement cooperation plans between the two Ministries of Defense and Public Security/Interior Affairs of the two countries; closely coordinate in border management, prevent and combat cross-border crimes and work together to deal with non-traditional security challenges; welcome the fact that the two countries and Laos will soon organize the first Vietnam - Laos - Cambodia border defense friendship exchange at the Defense Minister level. The Cambodian side affirmed that it always attaches importance to and will continue to coordinate and support the search, recovery and repatriation of the remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in Cambodia.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Moha Bovor Thipadei Hun Manet witnessed the handover ceremony of several cooperation documents between the two countries on the morning of December 11 (Photo: QUANG PHUC)
Regarding economic, trade and investment cooperation, the two Prime Ministers agreed to support each other in building an independent, self-reliant economy with deep and effective international integration; strengthen connectivity between the two economies, both in terms of infrastructure and policy institutions; promote bilateral trade, especially border trade and economic development cooperation in border areas; strive to reach the bilateral trade turnover milestone of 20 billion USD in the coming time; and agree to encourage and facilitate investment and business cooperation activities of enterprises of the two countries.
Regarding border cooperation, the two Prime Ministers welcomed the close coordination between relevant agencies of both sides to continue maintaining and strengthening the peaceful, stable and developing border; agreed to continue coordinating and promoting the settlement of areas in the 16% of the border that have not yet completed demarcation and marker planting; and continuously improve the effectiveness of cooperation between functional forces and localities bordering the two countries.
Regarding other areas of cooperation, the two Prime Ministers agreed to increase experience sharing, training and coaching of officials of the two countries; promote human resource cooperation; promote enhanced transport connectivity, including connecting highways and increasing the frequency of direct flights between major cities of the two countries; and coordinate with Laos to promote “one journey, three destinations” tourism packages.
Discussing regional and international issues, the two leaders emphasized the importance of maintaining peace, security and stability in the region, including maintaining solidarity, common stance and ASEAN's central role in regional security and strategic issues, including the East Sea issue; affirmed to continue to closely coordinate and support each other's stance at regional and international forums; continue to work with ASEAN member countries to build the ASEAN Community; continue to strengthen cooperation between the three countries of Cambodia - Laos - Vietnam.
Immediately after the talks, the two Prime Ministers witnessed the signing of three cooperation documents, including: Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the field of science, technology and innovation between the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam and the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation of Cambodia; Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the Vietnam Federation of Commerce and Industry and the Cambodian Chamber of Commerce; Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam and the Institute of Diplomacy and International Relations of Cambodia.
According to the program, tomorrow, December 12, Prime Minister Hun Manet and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will interact with lecturers and students of the Diplomatic Academy and attend the Vietnam - Cambodia Investment and Trade Promotion Forum. |
According to PHAN THAO (SGGP)
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