Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed his readiness on Saturday to deepen strategic mutual trust and strengthen practical cooperation with Vietnam. In messages exchanged with Vietnamese leaders, President Xi emphasized building a China-Vietnam community with a shared future that holds strategic significance.
Marking the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two nations, Xi exchanged congratulations with General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam and Vietnamese President Luong Cuong. He highlighted the profound friendship between China and Vietnam, noting that as friendly socialist neighbors, they represent a community with a shared future.
\"Since the establishment of diplomatic ties 75 years ago, our two sides have fought side by side and supported each other in the struggle for national independence and liberation,\" Xi stated. He added that the sentiment \"So profound is the friendship between Vietnam and China, because we are both comrades and brothers\" vividly portrays the relations between the two parties and countries.
President Xi reflected on his successful visit to Vietnam in 2023, where both sides pledged to work towards a China-Vietnam community with a shared future, elevating bilateral relations to a new stage. He emphasized that as global changes unfold, continued cooperation between China and Vietnam on the path of socialism is significant not only for the future of both countries but also for peace, stability, development, and prosperity in the region and the world at large.
Xi stressed his commitment to working with Vietnamese leaders to leverage the opportunity presented by the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties and the China-Vietnam Year of People-to-People Exchanges. He urged both nations to keep in mind their original mission and advance toward socialist modernization, aiming to deliver greater benefits to their peoples and contribute to the global socialist cause and human progress.
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Xi aims for better China-Vietnam community with shared future
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