Chinese President Xi Jinping has expressed his readiness to collaborate 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, also 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 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 the profound friendship between the two countries, emphasizing that \"so profound is the friendship between Vietnam and China, because we are both comrades and brothers.\"
Reflecting on the past 75 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, Xi noted that both nations have fought side by side and supported each other in their struggles for national independence and liberation. In advancing socialism, they have learned from each other and progressed hand in hand, deepening comprehensive strategic cooperation.
Recalling his successful visit to Vietnam in 2023, Xi said that both sides pledged to work for a China-Vietnam community with a shared future of strategic significance, 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 said. He added that this is of great significance to the peace, stability, development, and prosperity of the region and the world at large.
Xi emphasized 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, to deliver more benefits to the two peoples and contribute to the revitalization of the global socialist cause and human development.
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Xi aims for better China-Vietnam community with shared future
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