Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Pham Vinh Quang (fourth from left) and Indonesian Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Edhy Prabowo (centre) at the working session on January 17 (Photo: VNA)

The two sides agreed to accelerate the signing of the minute of cooperation between Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Indonesia’s Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries on the cooperation programme in the next five years.

Regarding the issue of the illegal fishing activities by their fishermen in the other side’s sea, they affirmed the primary principle of settling it in a harmonious and humane way in line with the two countries’ laws and the international law, as well as in the spirit of the high-level agreement and the bilateral strategic partnership.

The two sides also discussed the measures to strengthen the information exchange, to establish a hotline and to settle the issues seriously so as to contribute to the development of the bilateral relations in the time to come.