During the phone conversation, PM Modi informed the Vietnamese Party chief about the recent situation in India, including economic recovery, as well as building supply chains to meet domestic requirements and moving towards integration with global supply chains.
In response, General Secretary Trong congratulated Narendra Modi on the various achievements of the Indian Government and people recorded under his leadership, including COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control efforts and the recent victories of the Indian People's Party (BJP) in state legislative elections.
The Vietnamese Party leader briefed the Indian PM on the nation’s economic and political situation, socio-economic development goals, and foreign policy set out by the 13th National Party Congress.
He emphasized that the country attaches importance to and wishes to strengthen the comprehensive strategic partnership with India, both within the bilateral framework, as well as at regional and international multilateral forums.
Moving towards the 50th anniversary of the two countries' diplomatic relations, which were first started in 1972, the two leaders expressed their delight at the strong and effective development of the joint comprehensive strategic co-operation. They both highly appreciated the co-operation and mutual support shown between the two countries in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Both sides also agreed to further strengthen political trust, and hold high-level meetings across Party, Government, National Assembly, and people channels, while also promoting relations between the Communist Party of Vietnam and other political parties in India, including the ruling Indian People's Party.
General Secretary Trong suggested that the two countries boost co-ordination at multilateral mechanisms such as the UN and ASEAN, as well as through other regional co-operation mechanisms in which, both sides can work together to maintain peace and security, uphold international law, promote international co-operation, and protect the legitimate interests of developing countries.
The two leaders also exchanged and shared their respective stances on regional and international issues of mutual concern. Regarding the East Sea issue, they underscored the necessity of maintaining peace, stability, co-operation, development and respecting international law, including the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), sovereignty, sovereign rights of nations, and freedom of aviation and navigation.
With regard to the situation in Ukraine, the pair reaffirmed the importance of respecting international law, not using force, and threatening to use force. Moving forward, they hope that relevant parties will promote dialogue and negotiations to end hostilities and restore peace on the basis of respecting the legitimate interests of concerned parties in line with international law, as well as ensuring the safety of people, and dealing with humanitarian problems.
As part of the occasion, General Secretary Trong cordially invited PM Modi to visit Vietnam once again at an appropriate time in the future, and his invitation was accepted with pleasure.
