The ceremony also marked the 10th year of the implementation of the three legal documents on land border regulations signed between the two countries.
In his remarks at the event, Minh underscored the significance of the signing of the treaty in 1999, the completion of their boundary demarcation and marker planting in 2008, and the implementation of the three legal documents on land border regulations since 2010.
“They mark the completion of the two sides’ 36-year negotiations on border demarcation,” Minh said.
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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (right) and Chinese State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi at border landmark 1369 |
He said both sides had consistently pursued the principles of equality, mutual respect and valid concern over each other’s interests on the basis of the agreed legal framework and international laws while demarcating the shared border.
He reaffirmed that the Party, State and people of Vietnam always attach great importance to maintaining a friendship with China and stand ready to expand the bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership.
The Vietnamese official proposed that the two countries continue coordinating in border management, promoting the role of the Vietnam-China Land Border Joint Committee and implementing the three legal documents.
He also urged the two sides to further foster cooperation in economy, trade and tourism along the shared border and ramp up friendly exchanges and win-win partnerships between border localities in each nation.
Yi, for his part, called on the two countries to well handle issues emerging along the shared border and improve the effectiveness of border management. The peaceful settlement of land border and Gulf of Tonkin issues between the two sides will provide valuable experience for resolving maritime disputes, he said.
The two officials also exchanged views on the situation and measures to boost relations between the two Parties and States in the time to come, as well as issues of mutual concern, including facilitating the travel of experts, technicians and peoples of the two countries, on the basis of ensuring COVID-19 prevention and control. They agreed to assign relevant authorities from each side to further discuss these matters.
Translated by Chung Anh