Thailand maintains strategic partnership with Vietnam
Update: 07-06-2014 | 00:00:00
Thailand wants to maintain and develop the traditional friendship and strategic partnership with Vietnam, acting Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow told Deputy PM-cum Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh in Hanoi on June 5.
Phuangketkeow briefed his host on the current situation in Thailand and said the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) led by General Prayuth Chan-ocha is implementing a three-step roadmap for elections, including national reconciliation, establishment of a legislative council to form an interim government and draft a constitution, and preparations for the general elections.
For his part, Minh expressed hope that Thailand will stabilise the situation soon to build and develop the country, for peace, stability and cooperation in the region, contributing to the building of an ASEAN Community in 2015.
He also proposed that current Thai authorities continue to ensure security and safety for Vietnamese nationals in Thailand, creating conditions for them to live, work, study, and travel in the country.
Both sides agreed to soon implement bilateral cooperation mechanisms, including organising the joint Cabinet meeting, and political consultation between the two Foreign Ministries in appropriate times.
They agreed to step up the signing of an action plan to realise the strategic partnership established during the June 2013 visit to Thailand by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
Deputy PM Minh appreciated ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ statement on the recent tensions in the East Sea, released at their meeting in Myanmar in May 2014.
He hoped that an ASEAN-China relations coordinator, Thailand, will work closely together with other ASEAN member states to strengthen solidarity and find common ground in regional security and development issues in line with international law, including the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and the 2002 ASEAN-China Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC), while soon reaching a consensus on the Code of Conduct (COC) in the East Sea.
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Phuangketkeow briefed his host on the current situation in Thailand and said the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) led by General Prayuth Chan-ocha is implementing a three-step roadmap for elections, including national reconciliation, establishment of a legislative council to form an interim government and draft a constitution, and preparations for the general elections.
For his part, Minh expressed hope that Thailand will stabilise the situation soon to build and develop the country, for peace, stability and cooperation in the region, contributing to the building of an ASEAN Community in 2015.
He also proposed that current Thai authorities continue to ensure security and safety for Vietnamese nationals in Thailand, creating conditions for them to live, work, study, and travel in the country.
Both sides agreed to soon implement bilateral cooperation mechanisms, including organising the joint Cabinet meeting, and political consultation between the two Foreign Ministries in appropriate times.
They agreed to step up the signing of an action plan to realise the strategic partnership established during the June 2013 visit to Thailand by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
Deputy PM Minh appreciated ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ statement on the recent tensions in the East Sea, released at their meeting in Myanmar in May 2014.
He hoped that an ASEAN-China relations coordinator, Thailand, will work closely together with other ASEAN member states to strengthen solidarity and find common ground in regional security and development issues in line with international law, including the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and the 2002 ASEAN-China Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC), while soon reaching a consensus on the Code of Conduct (COC) in the East Sea.
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