Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (L) meets with ambassadors of Middle East and African countries (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam alwayswelcomes and opens door for cooperation with Middle East-African countries formutual benefits and development, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed at areception in Hanoi on September 10 for ambassadors from Middle East and Africa.
TheGovernment leader hailed the initiative to hold a meeting with ambassadors fromthe Middle East and Africa on expanding economic ties between Vietnam and theregions.
Hesaid in its foreign policy, Vietnam always attaches great importance to thetraditional friendship and cooperation with Middle East and African friends, addingthat the collaboration between Vietnam and Middle East -African countries hasseen positive development in all fields from politics, diplomacy,trade-investment, agriculture, education, and science-technology to tourism andculture.
PM Phuc noted that although two-way tradeincreased by 300 percent against 2010 to reach 22.5 billion USD in 2018, thepotential remains huge for cooperation between Vietnam and the Middle East-Africanregion. He stressed that ambassadors and diplomatic missions of Middle East-Africancountries play a significant role in helping the two sides fully tap thepotential.
The PM suggested the two sides work together insuch potential fields as trade, investment, agriculture, information technologyand communication, energy, education-training, labour and tourism.
Besides bilateral cooperation, the two sidesshould expand collaboration in the region and the world, he recommended.
Prime minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in a group photo with ambassadors of Middle East and African countries (Photo: VNA) The PM welcomed the Gulf Cooperation Council(GCC) and Vietnam’s preparation for the signing of an agreement to set up adialogue mechanism, and urged accelerating the establishment of officialrelations between Vietnam and the African Union and expanding cooperationbetween Vietnam and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) andother regional and sub-regional organisations in the Middle East-Africanregion.
PM Phuc called on regional and internationalorganisations, and development agencies of developed economies to accompanyVietnam and Middle East-African countries in carry out trilateral andquadrilateral cooperation activities towards realising common developmentgoals.
On behalf of the delegation of ambassadors, Ambassadorof Djibouti to Vietnam Admed Araita Ali described the meeting of ambassadorsfrom Middle East-Africa, an initiative of Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry, as auseful activity. In the context of rising global protectionism, the cooperationbetween Middle East-Africa and Vietnam proves the significance of opening themarket, he said.-VNA
PM Phuc called on regional and internationalorganisations, and development agencies of developed economies to accompanyVietnam and Middle East-African countries in carry out trilateral andquadrilateral cooperation activities towards realising common developmentgoals.
On behalf of the delegation of ambassadors, Ambassadorof Djibouti to Vietnam Admed Araita Ali described the meeting of ambassadorsfrom Middle East-Africa, an initiative of Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry, as auseful activity. In the context of rising global protectionism, the cooperationbetween Middle East-Africa and Vietnam proves the significance of opening themarket, he said.-VNA
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