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Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong Meets with Second Foreign Minister of Brunei Dato Erywan Yusof

2023-03-25 19:37

On March 25, 2023, Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong met with the Second Foreign Minister of Brunei Dato Erywan Yusof in Bandar Seri Begawan.

Sun noted that China and Brunei are friendly neighbors facing across the sea and share profound bonds. The two countries both follow the five principles of peaceful coexistence, pursue development paths that suit their respective national conditions and set a fine example of mutual respect, equality, mutual benefit and win-win cooperation between countries of different sizes. Guided by the strategic consensus reached between President Xi Jinping and His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah in their meeting in Bangkok last November, China stands ready to work with Brunei to enhance integration in modernization, actively explore maritime practical cooperation, and work for new gains in the China-Brunei strategic cooperative partnership. As the regional and international situation undergoes profound and complex changes, the two sides need to jointly uphold the right direction of regional cooperation, focus on development, remove external disturbances, and hold the initiative of their development and regional affairs in their own hands.

Dato Erywan extended congratulations on the success of the annual NPC and CPPCC sessions in China and noted that China-Brunei relations are rooted in deep mutual trust forged in history and benefited from the strategic guidance of leaders of the two countries.  Brunei stands ready to work with China to implement the consensus reached between the two heads of state and work for greater development in bilateral relations. He also reaffirmed Brunei's readiness to coordinate closely with China in regional and multilateral affairs, jointly guard against storminess that interrupts development agenda of countries in the region, and inject more certainty and positive energy into peace and stability of the region.

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