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India-Vietnam ties factor of peace in Asia-Pacific: PM
Wednesday October 12, 2011 02:16:10 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday called India's strategic
partnership with Vietnam "a factor of peace, stability and
development" in the Asia-Pacific region and that it stood "on its
own merits".
Manmohan Singh's remarks at a joint press conference with visiting
Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang after their delegation level
talks comes as a counter to a view among strategic thinkers that
the two nations are getting closer to counter China with whom both
have had strained relations over territorial disputes.
"A strong India-Vietnam relations is a factor of peace, stability
and development in the Asia-Pacific region. It stands on its own
merits. The President's visit has give a new thrust and direction
to this partnership," he said.
The prime minister also noted that India and Vietnam were maritime
neighbours in the region and the two faced security challenges
from terrorism, piracy and natural disasters.
"We have to work together to ensure the safety and security of
vital sea lanes of communication and continue exchanges in this
fields in the future," he said.
Though Manmohan Singh did not mention the Chinese objections to
India carrying out oil exploration in Vietnamese waters in the
South China Sea, the reference to the maritime security,
particularly the sea lanes of communication, is a reiteration of
the Indian stand that freedom of navigation in the South China Sea
or East Sea, as Vietnamese call it, should be maintained.
The prime minister also referred to the bilateral biennial
security dialogue between the home ministries of India and Vietnam
and said the extradition treaty the two signed during this visit
would "provide legal and institutional basis" for the cooperation.
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