VN, Indonesia boost cooperative linkages

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung made the statement while receiving Speaker of Indonesia’s House of Representatives Marzuki Alie in Hanoi on September 5.

The Government chief hailed the outcome of the talks between Marzuki Alie, who is also President of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA), and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung.

He said the two sides should step up the preparation for the coming visit to Indonesia of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, which is expected to lift the relationship to a new height.

Mr. Dung said that Viet Nam highly values Indonesia’s role in strengthening the regional cooperation and solidarity and the building of an ASEAN Community, as well as its initiative on the six-point principle in the East Sea.

For his part, the Indonesian leader said he hopes both countries will further strengthen cooperation in areas of politics, diplomacy, economics, trade, investment, tourism, security and defence.

He said he believes that the bilateral ties between both countries will further developed, contributing to boosting peace, stability and development in the region and the rest of the world./