The first ministerial-level meeting of the China-Vietnam “3+3” strategic dialogue mechanism on diplomacy, national defense and public security started in Vietnam on Sunday. This marks the inaugural “3+3” mechanism established by two sides on a global scale, fully reflecting the strategic depth and high-level nature of the relations between the two parties and the two countries, Chinese observers said.
According to Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun on March 13, at the invitation of the Vietnamese side, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi, Member of the CPC Central Committee Secretariat and Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong, and Minister of National Defense Dong Jun will be in Vietnam from March 15 to 17 for the first ministerial meeting of the China-Vietnam “3+3” strategic dialogue.
Noting that the dialogue was established under the personal guidance of the top leaders of the two parties and two countries, Guo said, “Amid transformations and turbulence in the world, closer strategic communication and deeper strategic coordination between China and Vietnam, two major socialist countries, is needed to accelerate the building of the China-Vietnam community with a shared future, advance both countries’s modernization drive, and jointly address common challenges.”
