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BỘ NGOẠI GIAO
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CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI
CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM
Độc lập - Tự do - Hạnh phúc
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Số: 39/2015/TB-LPQT
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Hà Nội, ngày 11
tháng 08 năm 2015
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THÔNG BÁO
VỀ VIỆC
ĐIỀU ƯỚC QUỐC TẾ CÓ HIỆU LỰC
Thực hiện quy định của Luật Ký kết,
gia nhập và thực hiện điều ước quốc tế năm 2005, Bộ Ngoại giao trân trọng thông
báo:
Tuyên bố chung về khuôn khổ quan hệ
đối tác chiến lược giữa Chính phủ nước Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam và
Chính phủ Ma-lai-xi-a ký tại Kua-la-Lăm-pua ngày 07
tháng 8 năm 2015, có hiệu lực kể từ ngày 07 tháng 8 năm 2015.
Bộ Ngoại giao trân trọng gửi bản sao
Tuyên bố chung theo quy định tại Điều 68 của Luật nêu
trên./.
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TL. BỘ TRƯỞNG
KT. VỤ TRƯỞNG
VỤ LUẬT PHÁP VÀ ĐIỀU ƯỚC QUỐC TẾ
PHÓ VỤ TRƯỞNG
Nguyễn Văn Ngự
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JOINT STATEMENT
ON FRAMEWORK FOR
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF MALAYSIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF
THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
1. At the invitation of The Honourable Dato’ Seri
Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia, His Excellency Nguyen
Tan Dung, Prime Minister of Viet Nam, paid an official visit to Malaysia from 7
to 8 August 2015.
2. During the visit, Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Mohd
Najib held a bilateral meeting with His Excellency Nguyen Tan Dung on 7 August
2015. Both sides expressed satisfaction with the remarkable progress achieved
in bilateral relations since the establishment of diplomatic ties on 30 March
1973. The two leaders, taking into consideration the 42nd Anniversary
of the diplomatic relations between the two countries, recognized the
importance of further strengthening links and enhancing relations between both
sides.
3. Both sides recognized that over the last 40
years of diplomatic relations, the bilateral relations have profoundly been
strengthened both in breadth and depth. Substantive progress and achievements
had been made through cooperation in various fields, namely political and
diplomatic cooperation, bilateral, regional and international cooperation, the economic,
financial sector, trade and investment cooperation, defense and security,
agriculture, labour, energy, education, culture, youth and sports, social
activities and tourism, transportation as well as science, technology and
innovation. Such excellent bilateral cooperation has entailed positive
contribution towards maintaining peace, stability and promoting prosperity in
the region and the world.
4. The two leaders reaffirmed the importance of the
bilateral relations and the broad range of cooperation between Malaysia and
Viet Nam on regional and global issues. Both sides agreed to establish
Strategic Partnership between Malaysia and Viet Nam. The Partnership lays out a
clear framework to enhance the bilateral relationship on a strategic,
comprehensive and long-term perspective, deepening mutual trust and cooperation
on the basis of mutual respect, equality, mutual benefits which serve the best
interests of the two peoples. The two leaders agreed that officials from both
countries would discuss and develop a Plan of Action to take forward these
interests.
5. Both sides agreed to continue to increase
regular exchanges of high-level visits and contacts at all levels, intensify
the relations among Government, Party and Parliament’s agencies. The two sides encouraged
the exchange and cooperation between the Viet Nam-Malaysia Friendship
Association and Malaysian relevant organisations in an endeavour to make a
strong linkage and contribute to further enhancing friendship and understanding
between the two peoples.
6. Both sides agreed to maintain and develop the
effectiveness of cooperation mechanism such as the Malaysia - Viet Nam Senior
Officials Dialogue (SOD) to encourage continued annual consultations and
dialogue between senior officials of both countries and the two Ministries of
Foreign Affairs as well as between other ministries, aiming at enhancing
cooperation and exchanging of views on bilateral and major international and
regional issues of mutual interest.
7. Both sides agreed to effectively implement the
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Bilateral Defense Cooperation between the
Government of Malaysia and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
(2008). Both sides committed to strengthen the cooperation between armed
forces. This will help increase mutual trust and make positive contribution to
maintaining of regional security and stability. The aforesaid cooperation may
include cooperation between navy forces and capacity building in coordination
between both sides and with other ASEAN countries to combat non-traditional
challenges as well as to share information on strategic, defense and security
issues. The two sides reiterated the importance of close cooperation in
regional defense fora, towards building a peaceful, prosperous and strong ASEAN
Community.
8. Both sides attached utmost importance in the
field of security and agreed to cooperate further in the fight against
organized/transnational crime and to designate national focal points on
national security issues in both countries. Both sides reaffirmed the
commitment not to allow any individual or organization to use one country’s
territory to conduct activities against the other country. Both sides also
agreed to expedite the signing of the MoU on Cooperation in Preventing and
Combating Transnational Crimes and the Bilateral Agreement on Preventing and
Combating People Trafficking between Viet Nam and Malaysia, thus creating a
legal framework for the exchanges of information and experience in combating
crimes.
9. Both sides celebrated the strong progress of
economic relations between Malaysia and Viet Nam, as a result, bilateral trade
values reached over US$9 billion in 2014. In face of the ongoing global
financial and economic challenges, both sides reaffirmed their commitment to
maintain economic growth. Towards enhancing bilateral trade ties, both sides
stood ready to deepen cooperation and improve the effectiveness of
Malaysia-Viet Nam trade cooperation. Both sides agreed to working closely
together to increase bilateral trade value to US$15 billion or higher by 2020;
undertaking regular exchange of trade missions, trade fairs and exhibitions to
promote the expansion of trade between both countries, as well as strengthen
linkages between national trade promoting organizations, chambers of commerce
and manufacturers associations of Malaysia and Viet Nam to develop trade and
market opportunities. Both sides also reaffirmed commitments in maintaining
favourable conditions for investors of both countries to explore investment
opportunities in each country.
10. Both sides emphasized the importance of
enhancing bilateral cooperation and joint approaches in regard to more
effective participation in multilateral and regional fora such as World Trade
Organization (WTO), Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and Association of
Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN). Both sides also committed to furthering
cooperation, in order to deepen economic integration of the two countries,
towards the realization of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015. In this
regard, the two sides agreed to jointly promote the benefits and opportunities
arising from the ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement (ACIA), ASEAN
Framework Agreement on Services (AFAS) and other related agreements to the private
sectors of both countries.
11. Both sides agreed to strengthen cooperation
with a view towards promoting closer financial linkages and enhancing the
supervisory and regulatory systems of banking, insurance, capital market and
other sub-sectors of the financial sector, including financial services and
recognized the importance of capacity-building measures to these ends, taking
into account existing Memoranda of Understanding between Bank Negara Malaysia
and the State Bank of Viet Nam and other MoUs entered into between relevant
authorities in the respective countries.
12. Both sides agreed to encourage dialogue and
promote cooperation in agriculture, livestock, fisheries, aquaculture, food
processing, sanitary and phytosanitary and rural development. Both sides agreed
to exchange information on agricultural policy in general and the possibilities
for facilitating trade in agriculture from the establishment of the Joint
Committee Meeting under the Memorandum of Understanding on Agricultural
Cooperation signed on April 4, 2014.
13. Both sides agreed to strengthen bilateral
cooperation on the employment of foreign workers with the intention to improve
the recruitment of Viet Namese workers in Malaysia. Both sides also agreed to
establish MoU for the recruitment and placement of Viet Namese domestic workers
in Malaysia.
14. Both sides reiterated their commitment to
strengthen bilateral cooperation in energy sector, especially in the fields of
oil and gas, electricity and renewable energy. Both sides agreed to create
favorable conditions to develop joint venture agreement between the Tenaga
Nasional Berhad (TNB) and Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN). Both sides reaffirmed
to strengthen the long - established cooperation in oil and gas sector between
Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) and Viet Nam Oil and Gas Group (Petro Viet
Nam) and agreed not only to continuously support and to facilitate development
or existing joint projects in both countries, but also to broaden investment
cooperation in third country, gradually establish strategic partnership between
the two national oil companies.
15. Both sides agreed to further enhance the
existing cooperation arrangements in the field of fisheries and aquaculture. On
IUU fishing, both sides agreed to enhance cooperation to address the issue
under the framework of the Regional Plan of Action to Combat IUU Fishing
(RPOA-IUU). In the same vein, both sides agreed to discuss further cooperation
to address other IUU Fishing-related matters during the next Technical Working
Group on Fisheries (TWGF) under the Memorandum of Understanding on Agriculture
Cooperation between Malaysia and Viet Nam.
16. Both sides welcomed the negotiation on the
Memorandum of Understanding on Legal Cooperation Activities between the
Ministry of Justice of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Attorney
General’s Chambers of Malaysia and encouraged early conclusion of the
negotiation.
17. Both sides agreed that both countries should
explore many areas of cooperation in the field of education, including exchange
programs of scholars, teachers, experts and students of the two countries, and
promote exchanges and cooperation between educational institutions of both
countries.
18. Both sides reiterated to broaden cooperation in
such areas as culture, youth and sports, social activities, tourism and
transportation, communication, information and technology, television, media
and publishing.
19. Both sides agreed to promote exchange of views
and cooperate extensively and intensively; share positions and support each
other in regional and international fora and organizations such as the United
Nations and relevant United Nations Agencies, the Non Aligned Movement, ASEM,
FEALAC as well as within ASEAN mechanisms with dialogue partners. The two sides
reaffirmed their commitment to the successful building of an ASEAN Community in
2015 and promote the development of ASEAN Community post 2015 as well as to
attach high importance to the promotion of linkages, regional connectivity,
narrowing the development gap, sub-regional cooperation, natural disaster
management and mitigation, human resource training and development, and
cooperation on maritime issues.
20. Cognisance of the fact that Malaysia and Viet
Nam are maritime nations, the two Prime Ministers recognised the importance of
forging closer maritime cooperation, including sharing of information and
intelligence in addressing and combating maritime security threats, enhancing
shipping and port linkages, enhanced coordination in search and rescue
activities as well as other activities, as agreed by both sides.
21. The two Prime Ministers exchanged views on
matters relating to the South China Sea and expressed concern over the recent
developments, and reaffirmed the importance of maintaining peace, stability,
security and freedom of navigation in and over-flight over the South China Sea.
Both Prime Ministers shared the views that upholding ASEAN’s unity and
centrality is of utmost importance in addressing/managing these matters.
22. The two Prime Ministers further reaffirmed the
importance for all parties concerned to settle all their maritime disputes and
differences through peaceful means, in accordance with universally recognised
principles of international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention
on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS 1982), and to exercise self-restraint in the
conduct of activities that could complicate the situation or escalate the
tension, as well as to not resort to threat or use of force in handling their
disputes and differences in the South China Sea.
23. The two Prime Ministers underscored the
importance of the full and effective implementation of the Declaration on the
Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) in its entirety, and expressed
the commitment of Malaysia and Viet Nam towards that end. Both Prime Ministers
emphasised the importance for the early establishment of an effective Code of
Conduct in the South China Sea (COC). Both Prime Ministers urged ail parties to
increase consultations and intensified efforts towards building, maintaining
and enhancing mutual trust as well as finding durable, solution to the disputes
in the South China Sea.
24. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung thanked the
Government and the people of Malaysia for the warm hospitality extended to him
and the Viet Namese high-level delegation. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung
cordially invited Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak to pay an official visit to
Viet Nam at his convenient time. Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak accepted the
invitation with pleasure.
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Nguyen Tan Dung
PRIME MINISTER OF THE
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
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Najib Tun Abdul Razak
PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA
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