Viet Nam, Indonesia elevate ties to comprehensive strategic partnership

The agreement was reached during the summit meeting between General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee To Lam and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto in Jakarta on Monday.

With this move, Viet Nam becomes the first comprehensive strategic partner of Indonesia in ASEAN

During the meeting, the two leaders agreed to further deepen political trust between the two countries through promoting exchanges and contacts, especially at high-level ones across all channels, effectively implementing bilateral cooperation mechanisms, and soon formulating an action plan to implement the new relationship framework.

The two sides agreed to further promote defense-security cooperation, expand and deepen economic cooperation for mutual benefits and development.

The two leaders agreed to encourage and create favorable conditions for their businesses to invest in each other countries, especially in such new fronts like digital economy, green economy, energy transition, development of electric vehicle ecosystem, e-commerce, digital payment, software design, and development of new technological solutions based on artificial intelligence.

The pair affirmed their wish to coordinate more closely in building a strong ASEAN, promote ASEAN centrality and consolidate intra-bloc solidarity.

The two leaders discussed regional and international issues of common concern, underscoring the importance of ensuring peace, security, stability, safety and freedom of navigation and aviation in the East Sea, resolving disputes via peaceful measures in line with international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, not using force or threatening to use force, taking no actions that may intensify tension and affect peace and stability in the East Sea.

The two leaders called for full implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) and for accelerating negotiations on a pratical and effective Code of Conduct (COC) in the East Sea in accordance with international law, especially the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

General Secretary To Lam took the occasion to invite President Prabowo Subianto to visit Viet Nam, and Indonesian leaders to attend the P4G Summit scheduled to take place in Ha Noi in April this year. President Subianto gladly accepted the invitation.

Following the meeting, To and Subianto witnessed the exchange of cooperation agreements between the two countries and co-chaired a press briefing to announce the outcomes of their summit./.