Both sides affirmed the serious adherence to the common perceptions reached by the countries’ leaders, including the 2011 agreement on basic principles guiding the settlement of  sea-related issues and directions given by the heads of the governmental-level negotiation delegations for border and territorial affairs.
They shared the view that on the basis of the agreed road map and international law, especially the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, to which both Vietnam and China are parties, the two countries will exert efforts to promote negotiations on the delimitation of the sea area beyond the mouth of the Gulf of Tonkin and cooperation for mutual development in the East Sea.
The officials also agreed to organise the 13th round of negotiations of the two working groups in Vietnam soon.