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Wang Yi met respectively in Beijing with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Le Hoaizhong and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn who attended the 11th Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers' Meeting.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 4 (Reporter Shao Yibo) On the 4th, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister, met in Beijing respectively with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Le Huaizhong and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhon who were in China to attend the 11th Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers' Meeting.
When meeting with Li Huaizhong, Wang Yi said that under the personal leadership of the top leaders of the two parties and two countries, the construction of a community with a shared future between China and Vietnam has been deepened and solidified. China is willing to work with Vietnam to promote all-round connectivity by sea, land and air, improve trade and investment facilitation, seize development opportunities in emerging industries, expand cooperation in tourism, talent training and other areas, and support each other in successfully hosting the APEC Leaders' Informal Meeting.
Li Huaizhong congratulated the successful convening of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, saying that Vietnam is willing to implement the consensus reached by the top leaders of the two parties and two countries, strengthen the alignment of development strategies, and promote practical cooperation to achieve more results.
When meeting with Prak Sokhonn, Wang Yi said that the construction of an all-weather China-Cambodia community with a shared future in the new era continues to be deepened and solid, and the "Diamond Six" has brought practical benefits and well-being to the Cambodian people. Both sides should jointly make preparations for high-level exchanges in the next stage, strengthen strategic communication, promote the construction of the "Industrial Development Corridor" and the "Fish and Rice Corridor", and deepen practical cooperation in infrastructure, agriculture and other fields.
Pra Sokhon said that China is Cambodia's most reliable partner. Cambodia is willing to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, strengthen the docking of development strategies, and continuously improve the level of bilateral law enforcement and security cooperation.
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China and Vietnam will promote all-round sea, land and air connectivity and trade and investment facilitation cooperation.
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China and Cambodia will jointly make preparations for high-level exchanges in the next stage
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