Scene of the meeting. Photo: TTXVN
On April 24, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi co-chaired the 5th meeting of the Vietnam-Indonesia Bilateral Cooperation Committee (JCBC-5). Also attending the meeting were officials from ministries and branches of the two countries.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son highly appreciated the significance of Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi’s visit to Vietnam and co-chairing of JCBC-5; At the same time, it aims to promote the implementation of high-level agreements, especially after the State-level visit to Vietnam of the President of Indonesia in January 2024 and in the context of the two sides preparing to celebrate the 70th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations. in 2025.
Minister Bui Thanh Son thanked Minister Retno Marsudi for actively supporting, participating and contributing to the success of the “ASEAN Future Forum” (AFF) recently held in Hanoi on April 23, 2024; congratulate Indonesia on successfully organizing the General Election earlier this year and believe that Indonesia will continue to prosper, have an increasingly high position in the international arena and become a developed country by 2045 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its founding. establish a country.
Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi expressed his pleasure to visit Vietnam again; congratulate Vietnam on its recent development achievements in all aspects; affirmed that Indonesia always values and wishes to further strengthen the Strategic Partnership with Vietnam. The Minister also appreciated Vietnam for successfully organizing the ASEAN Future Forum, making an important contribution to promoting the building of a strong and resilient ASEAN Community, promoting its central and pioneering role in respond to regional challenges.
Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi agreed to assess that the two countries’ cooperation is increasingly developing deeply and effectively, bringing practical benefits to the two peoples, contributing positively to peace, stability and development in the region. On that basis, the two Ministers agreed to continue to promote exchanges and contacts at high levels and at all levels, promote the effectiveness of existing cooperation mechanisms, and soon complete the Action Program for the 2024-2028 period. contributing to increasing political trust and deepening and deepening cooperation between the two countries in all fields, aiming to bring the relationship between the two countries to new heights.
The two sides encourage the early organization of a meeting of the Joint Committee on economic, scientific and technical cooperation to discuss measures to overcome difficulties and take advantage of the potential for cooperation between the two countries; Organize trade promotion activities, trade connections, and support businesses in accessing each other’s markets. Create favorable conditions for businesses to expand investment, especially in the green economy, digital economy, circular economy, renewable energy, semiconductor industry, electric vehicles and Halal cooperation.
Agree to strengthen cooperation in defense, security and cross-border crime prevention. The two sides also discussed the issues of the East Sea and Myanmar… pledging to continue to coordinate and support each other at multilateral and regional organizations and forums.
The two sides agreed to coordinate to maintain solidarity and agreed principles of ASEAN on the East Sea issue to ensure peace, stability and prosperity in the region, on the basis of international law, including the UNCLOS. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 1982, promoting the full and effective implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC), actively promoting and soon reaching the Code of Conduct in the Sea (COC) is substantive and effective, in accordance with international law and UNCLOS 1982.
At the end of the Meeting, the two Foreign Ministers signed the Minutes of Agreement on the 5th Session of the Vietnam – Indonesia Bilateral Cooperation Committee and agreed that the 6th Session will be held in Indonesia in 2026.
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