Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) and Belarusian Minister of Emergencies Vadim Sinyavsky at their meeting in Hanoi on April 19. (Photo: VNA)At the meeting, the Government leader affirmed that Vietnam always attachesgreat importance to developing its traditional friendship andmultifaceted cooperation with Belarus and welcomes positive progress in the bilateralcollaboration, especially in politics, diplomacy, economy and trade.
Thanking Belarus for supporting Vietnam in its past strugglefor national independence, PM Chinh lauded the two nations’ mutual assistance via offering each another medical equipment and supplies serving COVID-19 preventionand control, considering it a nice symbol of the traditional friendship sharedbetween their people.
He recommended the two sides to further step up cooperation in trade-economy, encourage enterprises to expand business and investment in each other's country, and promote cooperative ties in national defence and security,particularly in fire prevention and fighting, and response to emergencies.
On this occasion, PM Chinh proposed Belarus pay attention toand create favourable conditions for the Vietnamese expatriate community living andworking in the country.
For his part, Sinyavsky, who is on a working visit to Vietnam atthe invitation of Minister of Public Security Gen. To Lam, said that Belarusalways treasures its traditional friendship and cooperation with Vietnam.
Agreeing with PM Chinh’s suggestions,he said the Belarusian Government will make efforts to promote the friendship and multifaceted cooperation between the two nations as well as the collaboration between the Belarusian Ministry of Emergencies and the Vietnamese Ministry of PublicSecurity./.
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