Moscow (VNA) – Head of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) CentralCommittee’s Commission for External Relations Hoang Binh Quan is leading adelegation to attend an international seminar on political parties forAsia-Europe cooperation”held in Yerevan, Armenia from April 14-18.
At the event, delegates highlighted therole of political parties in Asia-Europe cooperation, affirming that theparties’ expansion of relations has contributed to tightening ties betweencountries and kick-starting initiatives to improve regional connectivity.
Participants signed a memorandum ofunderstanding in which they agreed to intensify cooperation among politicalparties, develop inter-parliamentary collaboration, and increase the efficiencyof the Asia-Europe connectivity process.
Speaking at the seminar, Quan said that theAsia-Europe partnership has become the world’s largest inter-regionalcooperation model.
To ensure that cooperation results matchthe two continents’ full potential, he suggested that both sides maintainefforts and diversify cooperative methods to lift the ties to a new height,with attention paid to collaboration between political parties.
The CPV believes that cooperation betweenpolitical parties will contribute to stability and development in each country,as well as to peace and prosperity in the two continents and the wider world,he added.
On the sidelines of the seminar, theVietnamese official held meetings with representatives of participatingparties.
He also had working sessions withrepresentatives from the Prosperous Armenia Party and other political partiesin Armenia, during which he affirmed that the Vietnamese Party, State, and peoplealways attach great importance to consolidating friendship with traditionalfriends, including Armenia. –VNA