President winds up China visit
HANOI - President Tran Duc Luong has described his China visit
as the successful materialisation of agreements signed by General Secretary of the
Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV), Le Kha Phieu, and General Secretary of the
Communist Party and President of China, Jiang Zemin, in February 1999.
President Luong was speaking before leaving Xiamen, Fujian Province, this
afternoon (Dec. 29), to end his five-day official visit to China.
The President and his entourage arrived on Dec. 25 in Beijing where he held talks
with the Chinese President and worked with other leaders.
He also visited Shanghai where he called at several production establishments and
places of interests.
President said: "The Treaty on the Land Border between the Socialist Republic of
Viet Nam (SRV) and the People's Republic of China" (PRC), signed in December
1999; and the "Agreement on the Demarcation of Waters, Exclusive Economic Zones
and Continental Shelves in the Bac Bo (Tonkin) Gulf between the SRV and the PRC"
and the "Agreement on Fishing Cooperation in the Bac Bo Gulf between the SRV and
the RPC" signed during this visit had historic meaning, which would help promote
mutual confidence and understanding between the two peoples, and boost
neighbourly friendhip and comprehensive cooperation between the two nations in the
new century.
In their meetings with President Luong, all senior Chinese officials expressed the
wish for China and Viet Nam to further promote cooperation and mutual help in
economy, investment, commerce, science and technology, and tourism, especially
in agriculture and exploitation of aquatic products.
The President emphasized that in the context of complicated international and
regional developments, to strengthen and accelerate relations between Viet Nam and
China was of great importance to the national construction and development of both
countries, commensurate with the interest of the two peoples and a major
contribution to the trend to peace, stability and cooperation in the region and the
world.
Vietnam News Agency - December 29, 2000.
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