Indonesian, Cambodian newspapers spotlight close bilateral relations with Vietnam
Indonesian and Cambodian newspapers have run articles highlighting the significance of Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s first trip to Indonesia where he attended the ASEAN Leaders' Meeting.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (first, right) meets with his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA)– Indonesian and Cambodian newspapers have run articles highlighting the significance of VietnamesePrime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s first trip to Indonesia where he attended the ASEAN Leaders' Meeting.
In its article, Kompasiana newspaper of Indonesia stated that PM Chinh’s visitto Indonesia was a milestone in the 66-year history of friendship between thetwo countries.
According to the article, Vietnam was committed to promoting its strategicpartnership with Indonesia and was ready to cooperate closely with Jakarta in regionaland international issues.
Vietnam and Indonesia established diplomaticrelations in 1955 and now have good commercial ties and cooperation in manyfields, with two-way trade hitting 8.07 billion USD in 2020.
PM Chinh and Indonesian President Joko Widodo discussed ways to achieve thetarget of 10 billion USD in two-way trade in 2021.
Meanwhile, Fresh News of Cambodia on April 24 reported that Cambodian PM Hun Sen and PM Chinh expressed their satisfactionwith continuous development of bilateral ties based on the principle of mutualtrust, good neighborliness, unity, stability, and peace, at their meeting afterthe ASEAN Leader’s Meeting on the sameday in Jakarta, Indonesia.
During their meeting, the two leaders exchanged views on bilateral andmultilateral cooperation as well as regional issues of common concerns, itsaid.
According to Fresh News, both sides reaffirmed their commitment tostrengthening cooperation at international forums in the spirit of mutualbenefits, and expanding the cooperation among countries in the region and theworld for the cause of peace, security, and sustainable development.
PM Hun Sen thankedthe Vietnamese Government and people for their generous assistance to the Cambodiaduring this difficult time amid the COVID-19 outbreak, saying that Cambodia will endeavor to settle the health crisis in the country in the coming time.
In separate bilateral meetings with the Indonesian President and Vietnamese PM,PM Hun Sen thanked the two leaders for their support to Cambodia for being the hostof the 13th Asia-Europe Summit and Chair of ASEAN in 2022./.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Sultan of Brunei Darussalam Haji Hassanal Bolkiah on April 24 morning as part of his participation in the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, while attending the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting at the office of the grouping’s secretariat in Jakarta on April 24, received Secretary General Lim Jock Hoi.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held separate meetings with his Cambodian, Singaporean and Malaysian counterparts on April 24, on the occasion of the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting in Jakarta.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 24 attended the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting held at the ASEAN Secretariat’s headquarters in Jakarta, the first in-person meeting of its kind in 2021.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam arrived in Hanoi at midnight on April 24, successfully concluding their trip to attend the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (first, right) meets with his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen (Photo: VNA) 
