(VOVworld) - The Party, State, and people of Vietnam treasure the stable, healthy, and sustainable development of the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with China, said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.

During a meeting in Beijing on Monday with Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Yu Zhengsheng, Minh called on the two nations to maintain high-level exchanges and meetings, increase political trust, strengthen the traditional friendship, and facilitate mutually-beneficial cooperation between localities.

Mr. Minh is leading a Vietnamese delegation to the 10th meeting of the Vietnam-China Steering Committee for Bilateral Cooperation, which he co-chaired together with Chinese State Councillor Yang Jiechi.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh (L) and Chinese State Councillor Yang Jiechi.

He noted that controlling disagreements and peacefully settling maritime disputes in line with international law and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 serve the basic, long-term interests of the two countries and their people and is beneficial to the maintenance of peace and stability in the region and the world.

Yu said China is ready to enhance cooperative relations with Vietnam, expand people-to-people exchanges, and control maritime disagreements, to ensure peace, stability and prosperity in the region.