Nay Pyi Taw (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc held talkswith State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi on December 17, during which they discussed measuresto expand all-around cooperation between the two countries.

Aung San Suu Kyi congratulated Vietnam on its important achievements insocio-economic development and external work in recent times; and on its electionas a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the 2020-2021 tenure.

The two sides highly valued the strong development of the comprehensivecooperation partnership, and applauded the signing of an action plan for implementingthe Vietnam-Myanmar comprehensive cooperation partnership for 2019-2014.

On defence-security ties, they agreed to expand cooperation in navy, militarymedicine, defence industry, logistics, rescue, border management, and defenceintelligence, and in fighting cross-border crimes, terrorism, illegal migration,and money laundering.

They pledged to promote negotiations and signing of agreements on extradition and transfer of sentenced persons, on protection for confidential information.

PM Phuc thanked the Myanmar Government for permitting theimport of Vietnamese dragon fruits, while appreciating the country’s efforts toremove difficulties facing Vietnamese enterprises operating in Myanmar.

He called on the Myanmar side to continue to remove technical barriers forVietnam’s goods, create favourable conditions for Vietnamese firms to accessmore investment and business opportunities in Myanmar, speed up the licencegranting and give incentives to Vietnamese investors in the country.

The Myanmar State Counsellor acknowledged PM Phuc’s above-mentioned proposals.

The Vietnamese leader applauded the Myanmar side’s suggestion on establishing anindustrial park of Vietnam in Myanmar, affirming that the Vietnamese Governmentalways encourages its businesses to invest in Myanmar and welcomes Myanmar’sfirms to expand their activities in Vietnam.

The two leaders also discussed orientations to foster cooperation in otherfields such as agriculture, telecommunication, mining, energy and construction.

Aung San Suu Kyi agreed to make it easy for Vietnamese enterprises to develop andjoin projects related to optical cable, telecommunication infrastructure, IT,social development, e-government development, oil and gas exploitation and servicesupply, and construction in Myanmar.

The two sides pledged to closely cooperate at regional and global forums,especially those within the UN, ASEAN.

They agreed on the importance of maintaining peace, stability and cooperationin the East Sea; solving disputes by peaceful measures in line with internationallaw, including the 1982 United NationsConvention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS); and ensuring security,safety, and freedom of navigation and aviation in the sea.

They affirmed to support the full andeffective implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties inthe East Sea (DOC) and efforts to build an effective, substantive and legallybinding Code of Conduct in the East Sea.

After their talks, the Vietnamese and Myanmar leaders witnessed the signing andhanding over of cooperation documents, including an action plan forimplementing the Comprehensive Cooperation Partnership for 2019-2024, a Memorandumof Understanding (MoU) on agriculture and rural development cooperation, and aMoU between the two foreign ministries, and a diplomatic note amending the agreementon visa exemption for ordinary passport holders of both countries./.