Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono officially announced the upgrade of Viet Nam-Indonesia relations to a strategic partnership during their talks in Jakarta, Indonesia on June 27. The talks took place following a state welcome ceremony held the same day for the Vietnamese President on his official State visit to Indonesia at the invitation of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. The upgrade of the Viet Nam-Indonesia relations to a strategic partnership is grounded on the traditional friendship and all-faceted cooperation that have unceasingly grown in the past 60 years, the two leaders said.
It aims to bring the two countries ties to a new height, for the sake of each country s people as well as for peace, stability, cooperation and prosperity in the region and the world, the Presidents noted. Regarding politics, both leaders agreed to further their traditional friendship and trust through regular exchanges of all-level delegations, continuing the effective implementation of existing cooperation mechanisms, pushing up the implementation of the Action Plan for the 2012-2015 period. The Indonesian side agreed to soon set up a Viet Nam-Indonesia Friendship Association to further beef up people-to-people exchanges in the new context, particularly raising the understanding of the two countries youth on the traditional ties nurtured by both nations.
Touching upon their economic, trade and investment bond, the two leaders shared the same view that two-way trade has been recording fine growth with greater balance in trade, agreeing to strive for bilateral trade surpassing 5 billion USD by 2015 and 10 billion USD by 2018. To match the untapped potential of each nation as well as the level of their newly-established strategic partnership, both leaders suggested the two sides relevant ministries and agencies foster promotion measures and offer favourable conditions for businesses to invest in either country. Reviewing other areas of cooperation such as energy, agro-fishery, aquaculture and education-training, which have been successfully developing, the two leaders reached consensus on elevating bilateral cooperation in food security, jointly carrying out projects in oil and gas, coal and mining.
They agreed to intensify the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding on Fishing and Sea-related Issues to, on one hand, tap the potential of bilateral cooperation in this field, and on the other hand, to closely coordinate in dealing with issues relating to fishermen and fishing boats that encroach each side s territorial waters on the basis of humanity and friendship. Both sides showed their support for a temporary solution, if needed, when the two sides discuss the final agreement on demarcation of economic exclusive zones.
Đăng ký: VietNam News