The commitment was made during his talks with Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at Akasaka Palace, Tokyo, Japan on Tuesday.
Japan also hopes to strengthen cooperation with Viet Nam in building Long Thanh international airport, Ninh Thuan 2 nuclear power plant, specialized industrial parks in Hai Phong and Ba Ria-Vung Tau.
The two leaders agreed to further enhance workforce training cooperation, effectively realize the medium and long–term vision on agriculture cooperation, and open their markets for farm produce like Japanese apples and Vietnamese mangoes since September 17 this year.
Both sides were unanimously agreed to further facilitate travel of their citizens. Prime Minster Abe announced his Government’s decision to extend business visa for Vietnamese to 10 years.
The two countries also agreed to foster defense exchanges at all levels. Prime Minister Abe affirmed that Japan stands ready to help Viet Nam enhance maritime law enforcement capacity and join the UN peacekeeping operations.
Japanese Government decided to continue provision of boats for Viet Nam.
The two countries agreed to foster cooperation in traditional and non traditional security issues.
Exchanging views on regional and international issues, Prime Minister Abe briefed about Japanese Government’s positions on some historical issues and policies towards peace and security in the region.
Party leader Trong voiced his support for Japan’s constructive contributions to peace, security, cooperation and development in the region and beyond.
The leaders agreed to continue close coordination at ASEAN and East Asia summits and other multilateral forums and as well as cooperation on the negotiations and enforcement of regional free trade agreements, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
Prime Minister Abe welcomed Viet Nam’s tentative bid for membership of the International Whaling Commission as well as official membership of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission.
He committed to supporting and coordinating with Viet Nam in hosting the 2017 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.
Both sides shared their concern over the recent complicated developments in the East Sea while emphasizing the importance of abiding by international law, especially the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea, towards the formulation of a Code of Conduct in the East Sea.
The same day, the Party chief and Prime Minister Abe witnessed the signing of six cooperation agreements between the two countries on agriculture, provision of official development assistance, peacekeeping operation, transnational crime prevention, human resource training, and finance./.
Source: Chinhphu.vn