President Tran Dai Quang and Chairman of the House of Representatives of Belarus Vladimir Andreichenko at their meeting in Minsk on June 27 (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – President Tran DaiQuang has praised the sound collaboration between the Vietnamese and Belarusianparliaments in law-making activities and at multilateral parliamentary forums.
The President made the remark at a meetingwith Chairman of the House of Representatives under Belarus’s National AssemblyVladimir Andreichenko in Minsk on June 27.
At the same time, he urged strongerengagement of the Belarusian National Assembly in deepening Vietnam – Belarusrelations via working with the Vietnamese side to complete legal framework forbilateral cooperation, supervise the implementation of agreements signedbetween the two governments, and help form partnerships between Vietnamese andBelarusian localities.
President Quang called on the twolegislative bodies to oversee the execution of the free trade agreement betweenVietnam and the Eurasian Economic Union and a protocol on supporting theproduction of motorised transport vehicles in Vietnam.
The two pacts would help extendtrade-investment ties, contributing to the effort to bring two-way trade to 500million USD in the next two years, he noted.
Quang hailed the first vehiclemanufacturing joint venture between Vietnam and Belarus as the start of a newperiod in bilateral economic partnership and stressed both countries’commitments to facilitating local enterprises to access the other country’s market.
The President took the occasion to convey tohis host an invitation for an official visit to Vietnam made by NationalAssembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.
For his part, Vladimir Andreichenkohighlighted that the National Assembly of Belarus has been doing its best toback the friendship and collaboration with Vietnam.
The legislative body fully supportsincreasing bilateral cooperation in defence-security, science-technology,culture-sport-tourism, education and locality partnerships, he stated.
Both host and guest expressed their delightat the dynamic growth of joint activities amid the two countries’ celebrationof 25th founding anniversary of diplomatic relations.-VNA
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