Original title: foreign media review: China consolidates diplomatic opportunities in Southeast Asia
Reference News Network reported on September 13 that Chinese State Councilor and foreign minister Wang Yi's official visit to Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore and South Korea from September 10 has attracted great attention from foreign media. Foreign media said that China consolidated its diplomatic initiative in Southeast Asia.
According to The Associated Press's Phnom Penh reported on September 12th, China's foreign minister Wang Yi is visiting Kampuchea, where he is expected to discuss with the Prime Minister of Kampuchea, Hong Sen and other officials, the new crown and other regional issues. The Cambodian foreign ministry said that the two sides will also discuss trade and security issues.
It is reported that China is Cambodia's largest investor and closest political partner. Cambodia also generally supports Beijing's geopolitical position on issues such as territorial claims in the South China Sea.
According to the Vietnam News Agency Hanoi on September 11, Nguyen Phu trong, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, met with Wang Yi, Chinese State Councilor and foreign minister, who was on an official visit to Vietnam, in Hanoi on September 11.
Wang Yi briefed Nguyen Phu Trong on the main consensus and results achieved at the 13th meeting of the steering committee of China Vietnam bilateral cooperation. At the same time, he believed that the two sides should deepen political mutual trust, strengthen cooperation in various fields and constantly inject new connotation into the China Vietnam comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.
Nguyen Phu Trong stressed that the Vietnamese party and state attach importance to the development of Vietnam China good neighborly friendship and comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, and spoke highly of the recent progress made in the relations between the two parties and the two countries.
According to the website of Lianhe Zaobao of Singapore on September 12, Wang Yi, Chinese State Councilor and foreign minister visiting Vietnam, launched vaccine diplomacy and called on China and Vietnam to jointly guard against interference and provocation by foreign forces on the South China Sea issue. According to the visiting scholars, Beijing is striving to consolidate COVID-19's diplomatic opportunity in Southeast Asia and counterbalance the strategic layout of India recently launched by Washington.