Vietnam wishes to deepen ties with Indonesia

PM Nguyen Tan Dung and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Sunday agreed that Vietnam and Indonesia should soon sign an action program for 2011 – 2014 period to boost the bilateral ties.

The agreement was made by the two leaders at their meeting on the sidelines of the 18th ASEAN Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia.

The bilateral relations between Vietnam and Indonesia is governed by the Joint Declaration on the framework of friendly and comprehensive partnership in the 21st century signed in June 2003.

The two leaders also reached consensus on boosting cooperation in rice production to ensure food security in each country as well as the whole region.

Regarding the East Sea issue, PM Dung said that ASEAN needs to expand efforts to secure peace, stability, security, and maritime safety in the East Sea.

Both the host and the guest stressed the importance of accelerating the implementation of the Declaration of the Conduct of parties in the East Sea (DOC) while speeding up the development of the Code of Conducts in the East Sea.

At the meeting, PM Dung highly appreciated Indonesia’s good treatment to Vietnamese fishermen on the basis of humanity and friendship. Both sides agreed to instruct relevant agencies of the two countries to exchange concrete measures to put an end to the issue.
Effective measures include lucrative implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding on marine and fisheries cooperation signed in October, 2010, and acceleration of the negotiations on delimiting the exclusive economic zone between the two nations, the two leaders said.

On the occasion, PM Dung congratulated Indonesia on successful organization of the 18th ASEAN Summit, affirming Vietnam’sactive support for Indonesia to fulfill the ASEAN Chair in 2011. – VGPNews

Posted by VBN on May 10 2011. Filed under Int'l Cooperation. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry