State President Luong Cuong (front line, left) meets with General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and President of China Xi Jinping in the Republic of Korea (RoK) on October 31 on the sidelines of the 32nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting.

President Cuong congratulated China on the successful organisation of the fourth plenum of the 20th CPC Central Committee, and commended the country’s achievements under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Xi at its core.

He conveyed the sincere regards and best wishes of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam and other key Vietnamese leaders to Party General Secretary and President Xi and Chinese leaders.

For his part, General Secretary and President Xi extended his regards to General Secretary To Lam and other key leaders of Vietnam, expressing his confidence that Vietnam will successfully organise the 14th National Party Congress.

The two sides highly valued the positive progress in relations between the two Parties and the two countries in recent years.

They agreed to further strengthen exchanges and contacts at all levels, especially high level, consolidate political trust, enhance substantive cooperation, and promote people-to-people exchanges, thereby fostering the stable, healthy and sustainable development of Vietnam–China relations.

President Cuong affirmed that the Party and State of Vietnam consistently view the development of ties with China as an objective necessity, a strategic choice and a top priority in the country’s foreign policy.

He proposed that the two sides effectively implement upcoming high-level visits, enhance theory exchanges between the two Parties and expand mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields.

Agreeing with the Vietnamese State leader's proposals, General Secretary and President Xi stressed that China attaches great importance to its relationship with Vietnam and called on the two sides to further deepen Party-to-Party ties and promote the theory conference mechanism.

The top Chinese leader affirmed China’s readiness to strengthen cooperation with Vietnam across all sectors.

The two leaders also exchanged views on issues at sea and regional and international matters of mutual concern, agreeing to continue properly managing and addressing differences to jointly maintain peace, stability and development in the region.

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