On the morning of February 26, at the Presidential Palace,President Luong Cuong received Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who is visiting Vietnam and attending the 2nd ASEAN Future Forum.
At the reception, President Luong Cuong Welcomed Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's return to Vietnam, emphasizing the significance of the visit as the two countries have just become Comprehensive Strategic Partners; sent regards to the King and Queen of Malaysia; congratulated Malaysia on its many important achievements, especially in the economy , and its increasingly high international role and position; and believed that Malaysia would successfully assume the responsibility of ASEAN Chair 2025.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim expressed his pleasure at meeting President Luong Cuong again after the impressive meeting at the APEC Summit in 2024; thanked the Vietnamese side for the warm and respectful reception for the delegation; affirmed that Malaysia always attaches importance to and wishes to develop the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two countries in a profound and comprehensive manner, worthy of the newly established framework of relations.
The two leaders expressed satisfaction with the positive and substantive results in bilateral relations, including the official visit to Malaysia by General Secretary To Lam in November 2024, especially the vibrant development of trade-investment, labor, education-training, and people-to-people exchanges. The two sides agreed that the demand and potential for cooperation between the two countries are still very large, especially in the fields of defense-security, green development, digital transformation, oil and gas, fisheries, halal food, and tourism.
Discussing international and regional issues, the two leaders appreciated the two countries' close coordination at regional and international forums such as ASEAN, the United Nations, APEC, etc. President Luong Cuong highly appreciated the vision and important opinions of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in his speech at the AFF-2 Forum; affirmed that Vietnam will closely coordinate with Malaysia - the 2025 ASEAN Chair, to implement the set priorities, towards a "sustainable and inclusive" ASEAN Community in line with this year's ASEAN theme, helping to strengthen ASEAN's solidarity and central role.
Regarding the East Sea issue, the two leaders agreed to continue to coordinate and, together with other countries, maintain ASEAN's common stance on the East Sea, ensure full and serious implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC), promote negotiations and build an effective and efficient Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC) in accordance with international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
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