President Tran Dai Quang (Source: VNA)Meeting with Lao Party General Secretary and President Bounnhang Vorachith,President Tran Dai Quang said Vietnam will closely coordinate with Laos tosuccessfully organise activities celebrating the Vietnam-Laos Solidarity andFriendship Year 2017.
He suggested the two sides accelerate the implementation of the agreementreached at the high-level meeting of the two Politburos in January 2017 andoutcomes of the 39th Inter-Governmental Committee last February.
The leader also called on the two countries to maintain information exchangeand close coordination at ASEAN, regional and international forums as well assub-regional mechanisms, deepen cooperation and connectivity of the ASEANcommunity and enhance intra-bloc solidarity and consensus in regional strategicissues.
Bounnhang Vorachith thanked Vietnam for the country’s support forsocio-economic projects in Laos, affirming that the Lao Party, State and peoplewill join hands with the Vietnamese side to address remaining issues in thebilateral relationship, deepening the long-standing friendship, specialsolidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.
Talking with President Vladimir Putin, President Tran Dai Quang asserted thatVietnam treasures the comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia.
The two leaders shared their hope to maintain the pace of bilateralcooperation, particularly in economics, trade, energy and national defence.
They agreed to actively materialise theVietnam-Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) Free Trade Agreement, helping spur theexchange of goods, services and investment between Vietnam and EAEU membercountries, including Russia.
President Tran Dai Quang took the occasion to invite President Putin to pay anofficial visit to Vietnam and attend APEC 2017.
For his part, President Putin said Russia attaches importance to thetraditional friendship and multi-faceted cooperation with Vietnam, pledging tocooperate with the country for success of APEC 2017.
At a meeting with Belarusian President Aleksander Lukashenko, President TranDai Quang suggested the two sides work with each other in celebrating the 25thanniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties (1992-2017), thus contributing toincreasing political trust and promoting trade and economic ties between thetwo countries.
Belarus places importance to the time-honoured friendship with Vietnam andagrees to closely coordinate with the country in realising the Vietnam-EAEUFree Trade Agreement in an effort to extend their collaboration in investmentand raise bilateral ties in the time ahead, Aleksander Lukashenko said.
Meeting with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, President Tran Dai Quangaffirmed Vietnam treasures to boost comprehensive cooperation with Chile.
He appealed to the two countries to create the best possible conditions fortheir businesses to access each other’s market, establish partnership andsupport each other in penetrating the Southeast Asian market as well as LatinAmerica.
Chile stands ready to enhance its affiliation with Vietnam and support thecountry’s hosting of APEC 2017, Michelle Bachelet said.
During their meeting, President Tran Dai Quang and Italian Prime Minister PaoloGentiloni were unanimous to deepen the Vietnam-Italy strategic partnership, increasethe exchange of all-level delegations and actively realise the plan of actionon implementing the strategic partnership during 2017-2018.
The Vietnamese President urged the two sides to soon ink cooperation agreementsin culture, education, science and technology, while pushing up the signing andapproval of the Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement.
Paolo Gentiloni stated that Italy will strengthen the bilateral ties andpartner with the Vietnamese side to materialise outcomes of the visit to Italyby President Tran Dai Quang in November 2016.
At the meeting with Argentinian President Mauricio Marci, President Tran DaiQuang urged the two sides step up the exchange of delegations at all levels,maintain their cooperation mechanisms and accelerate the signing of cooperationagreements in trade, industry, investment, telecommunications, agriculture,education and bio-technology in order to complete a legal framework for thebilateral collaboration.
The two countries should closely coordinate with each other at multi-lateralforums, he added.
The two Presidents shared the views on measures to forge bilateral cooperation,particularly in the economy, trade and food security.
On this occasion, President Tran Dai Quang invited his Argentinian counterpartto visit Vietnam and Mauricio Marci accepted the invitation with pleasure.
Meeting with Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, President Tran DaiQuang proposed the two countries reinforce their multi-faceted collaboration,review their cooperation mechanisms and accelerate the implementation ofreached agreements.
Aung San Suu Kyi promised that Myanmar will continue to create optimalconditions for Vietnamese businesses to invest in the country, especially inthe fields of banking, aviation, telecommunications, mining, tourism,agriculture as well as the import and export of farm produce.
She noted her hope that the two countries will boost their affiliation andsharing of experience in the farming sector.-VNA
