HCMC – Vietnam’s Get together Common Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and U.S. President Joe Biden have introduced that the 2 nations have elevated their relations from a complete partnership to a complete strategic partnership.
The choice to improve Vietnam-U.S. relations was said late this afternoon, September 10, following talks in Hanoi between Common Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President Joe Biden who’s in Vietnam for a State go to from September 10 to 11.
Talking at a joint press convention after the talks, Common Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong mentioned that on the talks with President Biden, the 2 international locations had determined to raise their ties to a complete strategic partnership.
“I and President Joe Biden on behalf of our two international locations have determined to challenge a joint communiqué upgrading bilateral ties to a complete strategic partnership for peace, cooperation and sustainable improvement,” he mentioned. “That is an important consequence of the talks.”
The improve of the Vietnam-U.S. relationship is pushed by the pursuits of each international locations, in addition to the event and peace of the area and the world.
Common Secretary Trong mentioned the excellent strategic partnership will proceed to be primarily based on what the 2 international locations have achieved over time, together with respecting the United Nations Constitution, worldwide legislation, and the 2 nations’ unbiased political system, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
A complete strategic partnership represents the very best degree of worldwide relations between international locations. Vietnam beforehand shaped such partnerships with 33 nations and territories, together with China, India, Russia and South Korea.
The U.S. now turns into Vietnam’s fifth complete strategic companion.
This yr, Vietnam and the U.S. commemorate the tenth anniversary of the institution of the excellent partnership. Over the previous 10 years, the Vietnam-U.S. relationship has seen vital and concrete progress.
President Joe Biden arrived in Hanoi at round 3:40 p.m. in the present day.
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