(19 Aug 2024)
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Beijing, China – 19 August 2024
1. Wide of meeting
2. Mid of Chinese President Xi Jinping speaking
3. Mid of Vietnamese President and Communist Party Chief To Lam
4. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Xi Jinping, Chinese President:
“I would like to establish a good working relationship and personal friendship with you, and jointly lead the construction of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future to go deeper and more practical.”
5. Wide of meeting
6. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Xi Jinping, Chinese President
“China has always regarded Vietnam as a priority of its neighboring diplomacy, and supports Vietnam in adhering to the leadership of the Party, taking the socialist path that suits its national conditions, and deepening the cause of reforms and socialist modernization.”
7. Mid of Lam speaking
8. SOUNDBITE (Vietnamese) To Lam, Vietnamese President:
“I myself and the leadership of the party and the government of Vietnam wish General Secretary Xi Jinping and the high delegation of the party and the government of China to continue to develop the traditional friendship and deepen the comprehensive strategic partnership – to build a shared future community for Vietnam and China with the strategic directions defined by you and Comrade Nguyen Phu Trong (late chief of Vietnam’s Communist Party).”
9. Wide of Lam speaking
10. SOUNDBITE (Vietnamese) To Lam, Vietnamese President:
“Vietnam strongly support and believe that under the leadership of General Secretary, President Xi Jinping, the Chinese people will achieve socialism Chinese style – to build a strong and prosperous country and lead an important role in maintaining peace and cooperation for development in the region and in the world.”
11. Wide of meeting
12. Xi and Lam arriving at signing ceremony
13. Close of Lam
14. Close of Xi
15. Various of Chinese and Vietnamese officials signing agreements
16. Mid of Vietnamese officials at the ceremony
17. Close of Chinese officials at the ceremony
18. Xi and Lam shaking hands
STORYLINE:
Vietnam’s new leader To Lam met with Chinese president Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday.
Lam made China the destination for his first overseas visit, signaling the importance the Southeast Asian country places on its giant neighbor even as it strengthens ties with the United States and others.
After a state welcoming ceremony hosted by Xi, the two leaders had official talks in which both reaffirmed the aspiration of building a community with a shared future between China and Vietnam.
“I would like to establish a good working relationship and personal friendship with you,” Xi told Lam.
He said China has always been regarding the relations with Vietnam as the priority of the neighboring diplomacy.
Lam echoed Xi’s proposal on closer ties between the two, saying he would like to continue the course of “traditional friendship and deepen the comprehensive strategic partnership to build a shared future community for Vietnam and China” defined by Xi and late leader Nguyen Phu Trong.
Lam’s three-day visit comes about two weeks after he was confirmed as general secretary of Vietnam’s Communist Party, the country’s top political position.
He succeeded Nguyen Phu Trong, who died last month after 13 years as leader.
Lam also has held the largely ceremonial title of the nation’s president since May.
The two leaders also witnessed the signing of 14 agreement and memoranda of understanding between China and Vietnam, aiming to enhance cooperation in areas of industry, railway link, trade, finance, health and media.
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