Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed his readiness to collaborate with Vietnamese leaders to deepen strategic mutual trust and strengthen practical cooperation, aiming for new achievements in building a China-Vietnam community with a shared future that carries strategic significance.
On Saturday, Xi, also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, exchanged congratulations with General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam and Vietnamese President Luong Cuong on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two nations.
\\"China and Vietnam, as friendly socialist neighbors, represent a community with a shared future that carries strategic significance,\\" Xi stated. He highlighted that since establishing diplomatic relations 75 years ago, both countries have fought side by side and supported each other in their struggles for national independence and liberation. \\"So profound is the friendship between Vietnam and China because we are both comrades and brothers,\\" he added, noting it as the most vivid portrayal of the relations between the two parties and countries.
Xi emphasized that in advancing socialism, China and Vietnam have learned from each other and forged ahead hand in hand, thereby deepening their comprehensive strategic cooperation. \\"China and Vietnam share the same ideals and pursue a shared future, which is the most striking feature of the relations between the two parties and countries,\\" he said.
Recalling his successful visit to Vietnam in 2023, Xi mentioned that both sides pledged to work towards a China-Vietnam community with a shared future, elevating the relations between the two parties and countries to a new stage.
\\"As changes of the world, of the times, and of history are unfolding in unprecedented ways, China and Vietnam continuing to follow in good faith the path of socialism has a bearing on the future of the two parties and countries as well as the future of the global socialist cause,\\" Xi noted. He underscored the significance of this cooperation to the peace, stability, development, and prosperity of the region and the world at large.
Xi affirmed that he attaches great importance to the growth of bilateral relations and is willing to work with Vietnamese leaders to seize the opportunity of the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties and the China-Vietnam Year of People-to-People Exchanges. He called for keeping in mind the original mission and forging ahead on the new journey toward socialist modernization, aiming to deliver more benefits to the two peoples and contribute significantly to revitalizing the global socialist cause and promoting human development and progress.
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Xi aims for better China-Vietnam community with shared future
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