The remarks came after the U.S. elevated relations with Vietnam to the level of a comprehensive strategic partner, the highest level of international partnership.
President Biden speaks to the media after a meeting with Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the Communist Party of Vietnam Headquarters in Hanoi on Sunday.President Biden said Sunday his visits to Vietnam and India, as well as strengthening partnerships with Japan, Australia and other countries, was"not about containing China. It's about having a stable" Asia-Pacific region.
Biden, who hasn't met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in 10 months, denied the lack of top-level meetings was destabilizing Sino-U.S. relations. He said his team and staff still meet with their Chinese counterparts, but added Xi"had his hands full right now." Vietnam elevated relations with the U.S. to the level of a comprehensive strategic partner, the highest level of international partnership. Vietnam accords that status, long coveted by Washington, to four other nations: China, India, Russia and South Korea.
In Hanoi Sunday, Biden met with Trong and called the two countries"critical partners at what I would argue is a very critical time." Speaking through an interpreter, Trong said the two countries' partnership had grown by"leaps and bounds." Vietnam's human-rights record remained a concern, however. Biden said he brought up the issue, but Trong emphasized the importance of"non-interference in domestic affairs.
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