State President Vo Van Thuong (R) and UK Secretary of State for International, Commonwealth and Improvement Affairs James Cleverly. (Picture: VNA)
London (VNA) – State President Vo Van Thuong had separate conferences
with British and Cuban leaders, as a part of his journey to the UK to attend the coronation
of King Charles III from Could 4 to six.
The Vietnamese chief met with the UK’s Home of
Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Home of Commons Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans, Secretary
of State for International, Commonwealth and Improvement Affairs James Cleverly, and Secretary
of State for Defence Ben Wallace, amongst others British officers.
Throughout the conferences, Thuong rejoiced at optimistic
developments of the Vietnam-UK strategic partnership within the context that the
two nations are celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of their bilateral
diplomatic ties.
The British officers shared their view on the importance
of Thuong’s go to, stressing Vietnam is a number one accomplice of the UK within the
area because the European nation is accelerating the implementation of its
Indo-Pacific technique.
Additionally they famous with pleasure the dynamic developments of
the Vietnam-UK strategic partnership over the previous greater than 10 years in all fields, and agreed to proceed growing all-level
delegation exchanges in all of the channels of Occasion, State, Authorities, parliament
and people-to-people change, whereas additional absolutely and successfully materialising
the UK-Vietnam Free Commerce Settlement and bilateral cooperation mechanisms like
the defence coverage dialogue and the Vietnam-UK Joint Financial and Commerce
Committee (JETCO).
The 2 sides expressed their want to increase and
deepen the bilateral cooperation in such potential spheres as nationwide
defence-security, inexperienced financial system, local weather change response and renewable vitality.
Thuong instructed the UK assist Vietnam in finance and
know-how, and elevating the nation’s capability inside the framework of the Simply
Vitality Transition Partnership, in direction of fulfilling its commitments on the twenty sixth
United Nations Local weather Change Convention (COP26), which occurred within the UK in
2021.
Concerning cooperation at regional and worldwide
boards, the 2 sides agreed to intently coordinate and help one another in
multilateral frameworks like ASEAN-UK cooperation, the United Nations, the UN
Human Rights Council for 2023-2025, and the Complete and Progressive
Settlement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
The British officers affirmed their help for Vietnam’s
and ASEAN’s stance on the East Sea, the settlement of disputes by peaceable measures
on the idea of worldwide legislation and the 1982 UN Conference on the Regulation of the
Sea (UNCLOS), in addition to negotiations for a Code of Conduct within the East Sea
(COC) between ASEAN and China.
In a gathering with Vice President of Cuba Salvador
Valdés Mesa, Thuong emphasised that the connection between Vietnam and Cuba
is exemplary when it comes to purity, rarity, exemplar and loyalty.