BEIJING, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) — China’s top lawmaker Zhao Leji met with Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin in Beijing on Tuesday.
At the meeting with Thuong, Zhao, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), pointed out that 2023 marks the 15th anniversary of the China-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Cooperation Partnership and that the two countries are working to build a shared future of strategic importance.
The two sides should promote cooperation in key areas and achieve further achievements, with a focus on promoting synergies between the Belt and Road Initiative and the Two Corridors and One Economic Circle plan, Zhao added.
The NPC will work with the National Assembly of Vietnam to further deepen the China-Vietnam comprehensive strategic cooperation partnership, Zhao said.
Pointing out that the relationship between Vietnam and China has always been a strategic decision and top priority for Vietnam, Thuong said Vietnam will actively participate in the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative, pragmatic cooperation with China in various areas and consolidate mutual political trust and will, bring Vietnam-China relations to a new level.
At the meeting with Tokayev, Zhao pointed out that since their proposal a decade ago, China and Kazakhstan have made concrete progress in jointly developing the Belt and Road Initiative, which has brought real benefits to the people of both countries.
The NPC will work with the Kazakh Parliament to implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state and further synergies between the Belt and Road Initiative and Kazakhstan’s Bright Road Initiative, so as to contribute to the further development of the China-Kazakhstan strategic partnership into a lasting comprehensive one agreement, said Zhao.
Tokayev acknowledged the outstanding achievements of the Belt and Road Initiative in the last decade and said Kazakhstan attaches great importance to the development of the lasting comprehensive strategic partnership between Kazakhstan and China and will work with China to achieve high-quality cooperation within the Belt Road and Road Initiative and take bilateral relations to a new level.
At the meeting with Srettha, Zhao said China will deepen political mutual trust with Thailand, continue unconditional mutual support, work together to build a Sino-Thai community with a shared future, and take the China-Thailand comprehensive strategic cooperation partnership to new heights lead. levels.
Zhao added that the NPC will maintain friendly exchanges with the Thai Parliament to provide legal support for China-Thailand cooperation and Belt and Road cooperation.
Pointing out that Thailand highly values the development of friendly relations between the two countries, Srettha said Thailand will deepen cooperation with China under the Belt and Road Initiative, promote close people-to-people and cultural exchanges and promote the welfare of the people both countries continue to improve people. Two cities. End