Wang Yi: China willing to work with Vietnam to jointly maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea

Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chinese Foreign Minister, said during a meeting with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung that China is willing to work with Vietnam to properly handle maritime issues and jointly maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea.

According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry website, Wang Yi met with Le Hoai Trung in Beijing on the afternoon of Wednesday (Nov 4), who was in China to attend the 11th Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers' Meeting.

Wang Yi said that since the beginning of this year, under the guidance of the top leaders of the two parties and two countries, the building of the China-Vietnam community with a shared future has continued to deepen.

The two sides have strengthened strategic communication, deepened economic, trade and investment cooperation and connectivity, carried out more active people-to-people and cultural exchanges, and worked together to address new challenges amid the once-in-a-century changes in the world, making new contributions by China and Vietnam to building a community with a shared future for mankind.

He pointed out that China is willing to work with Vietnam to implement the consensus of the leaders of the two parties and two countries, maintain close high-level exchanges, promote all-round connectivity in sea, land and air, enhance trade and investment facilitation, seize opportunities in the development of emerging industries, expand cooperation in tourism and personnel training, and continue to enhance people-to-people bonds.

The two sides should strengthen multilateral coordination in platforms such as East Asian cooperation, properly handle maritime issues, and jointly maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea.

The two sides should support each other in hosting the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting.

On the same day, Wang Yi also met with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn, and stressed that China and Cambodia should crack down on telecom fraud without stopping and never allow telecom fraud crimes to revive.

The two sides should promote the effective implementation of Lancang-Mekong cooperation projects and continuously improve people's well-being.

According to Reuters, Wang Yi said at a joint press conference held in Beijing on Wednesday that China and Southeast Asian countries participating in the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation should strengthen integrated cooperation in law enforcement and security.

According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry website, Wang Yi chaired the 11th Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Beijing from Tuesday (Nov 3) to Wednesday, and met respectively with Sihasak, Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thongsavanh Phomvihane, and Myanmar's Minister of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations Aung Kyaw Hoe.

When meeting with Sihasak, Wang Yi said that China is willing to work with Thailand to prepare for the next stage of high-level exchanges and provide strategic support for bilateral relations, and called on both sides to step up joint efforts to combat online gambling and telecom fraud and thoroughly eradicate the breeding ground for crime.

When meeting with Thongsavanh, Wang Yi pointed out that China and Laos should make good use of the joint committee mechanism for China-Laos Economic Corridor cooperation and accelerate the construction of the China-Laos Railway and cooperation in economy, trade, minerals and other fields.

When meeting with Aung Kyaw Hoe, Wang Yi said that China and Myanmar should coordinate development and security, steadily advance key projects of the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor, strengthen cooperation in energy, resources and other fields, intensify efforts to combat online gambling and telecom fraud, and prevent the chaos in Myawaddy from reviving.