Chinese President Xi Jinping has expressed his readiness to work with Vietnamese leaders to deepen strategic mutual trust and strengthen practical cooperation, aiming to build a China-Vietnam community with a shared future of strategic significance.
On Saturday, Xi, who also serves as the 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 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two nations.
\"China and Vietnam, two friendly socialist neighbors, represent a community with a shared future that carries strategic significance,\" Xi remarked. He highlighted the profound friendship forged over 75 years as 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, emphasizing the close relations between the two parties and countries.
Xi noted that in advancing socialism, both nations have learned from each other and progressed 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.
Reflecting on his successful visit to Vietnam in 2023, Xi recalled that both sides pledged to work for a China-Vietnam community with a shared future of strategic significance, elevating relations 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,\" he stated, underscoring the importance of their cooperation for regional and global peace, stability, development, and prosperity.
Xi emphasized his commitment to the growth of bilateral relations and expressed willingness to collaborate with Vietnamese leaders to seize the opportunity presented by the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties and the China-Vietnam Year of People-to-People Exchanges. \"Let us keep in mind the original mission and forge ahead on the new journey toward socialist modernization,\" he urged, aiming to deliver more benefits to the peoples of both nations and contribute significantly to the revitalization of the global socialist cause and human development and progress.
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Xi aims for better China-Vietnam community with shared future
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