(Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam) (VNA) - Vietnam and the Philippines have issued a joint statement on the establishment of their strategic partnership. The following is the full text of the joint statement: 'PREAMBLE 1. The Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Republic of the Philippines have developed substantive, positive and multifaceted relations, reinforced by warm people-to-people links. Since its formal establishment on 12 July 1976, bilateral ties have been nurtured based on amity, equality, mutual respect and cooperation beneficial to the peoples of both nations. 2. Cognizant of the evolving political, economic and security architecture in...
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