DPM Minh holds talks with Indian Minister

Photo: VGP/Hai Minh

Deputy PM Pham Binh Minh on August 25 held talks with Indian Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj on the occasion of her official visit to Viet Nam on August 25-26.

At the talks, Ms. Sushma Swaraj highly valued achievements of Viet Nam in its socio-economic development and international integration, asserting that India regards Viet Nam as one of pillars in its Look East Policy.

They lauded the active development in the two nations’ relations, in general and between the two Ministries in particular, agreeing to strive to raise the two-way trade turnover to US$7 billion by 2015 and US$15 billion by 2020.

The Vietnamese side praised the Indian President Pranab Mukherjee’s official visit to Viet Nam next month.

They agreed to bring into full play bilateral cooperative mechanisms and committed to creating favorable conditions for the two countries’ businesses to enhance economic and investment cooperation and advantageous areas of both sides.

Viet Nam welcomed Indian enterprises to invest in energy, oil and gas exploration, processing industry, construction and pharmacy in Viet Nam, said the Deputy PM.

They agreed that the India’s Jet Airways' launch of direct flights between the two nations in November this year will create more opportunities for economic, trade, culture and tourism activities.  

They also exchanged issues of international and regional concerns, confirming to support each other at the East Asia Summit (EAS), the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and other forums in the United Nations.

The two sides reciprocated complicated situations in the East Sea, agreeing the importance of ensuring marine peace, stability, security and safety and dealing with conflicts in the East Sea with peaceful measures based on international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 and the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC).

By Thuy Dung