(VOV) -National Assembly (NA) Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung expressed the Vietnamese legislative body’s willingness to boost closer cooperative relations with the US Congress at a reception for Senator Bob Corker in Hanoi on August 4.
Hung told Senator Bob Corker, Ranking Member of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations that Vietnam protests China‘s actions in the East Sea which have threatened regional peace and security and wants to maintain and build friendly relations with the countries in the region and around the world.
“All countries need to work together to ensure peace, stability and development. Vietnam advocates political and diplomatic measures even legal means to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity. The Vietnam NA trusts in the role of the United Nations and international organizations in protecting the legal interests of the countries in the East Sea.” the top legislator emphasized.
Hung also expressed his pleasure at the flourishing relations between the two countries over the past two decades, hoping that the US Senator’s visit will make a positive contribution to fostering bilateral ties between the two legislatures.
Senator Bob Corker, in turn, confirmed the US Senator’s readiness to beef up stronger ties with the Vietnam NA by sharing law enactment experience.
He said he hopes the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement will be signed soon, adding fresh impetus to pushing up Vietnam’s economic development in the future.
The US guest noted that his nation has also closely followed the situation in the East Sea and opposed China’s illegal placement of its oilrig Haiyang Shiyou-981 in Vietnam’s continental shelf and exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in recent past.
Đăng ký: VietNam News