‘Complete success’: China to work with Vietnam on rail upgrade, security and defence
- As Vietnamese president ends China visit, joint declaration includes pledges to stop ‘colour revolutions’ and oppose foreign interference
“Both sides reaffirmed that they would maintain high-level strategic communication between the two parties and the two countries and jointly lead the development of China-Vietnam relations,” it said, adding that cooperation in “strategic areas” such as diplomacy and security would be strengthened.
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Particularly on defence and security, China and Vietnam agreed to boost exchanges between their two militaries “at all levels”, including border, naval and coastguard exchanges.
The communist countries would also ramp up their information exchange and experience sharing on “anti-interference … and prevention of ‘colour revolutions’ to jointly maintain political security”, it said.
The meetings, according to the declaration, saw leaders from both sides exchanging views on bilateral cooperation and also international and regional issues in a “friendly and frank atmosphere”.