Party Central Committee Secretary, Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung met with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

Continuing the series of bilateral activities on the occasion of participating in the high-level delegation led by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to attend the 47th ASEAN Summit and related conferences in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on October 27, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung had a meeting with Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.

Minister Le Hoai Trung highly appreciated the active and effective cooperation that India has provided for Vietnam. (Photo: Bao Chi)

At the meeting, Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung affirmed that Vietnam values ​​its traditional friendship with India, supports and welcomes India to play an important and active role in the Asia- Pacific region and the world.

The Minister stressed that the two countries have many common interests and similarities in history and culture, affirming that Vietnam has and will continue to participate in many important initiatives proposed by India.

In the spirit of the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries, Minister Le Hoai Trung highly appreciated the active and effective cooperation that India has provided for Vietnam, and suggested that India continue to maintain and further strengthen multifaceted cooperation, especially in science and technology, to contribute to supporting Vietnam in achieving important goals, especially the goal of sustainable development.

Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar expressed his admiration for Vietnam's past history of fighting for national independence and unification and was impressed by Vietnam's socio-economic development achievements today.

He affirmed that India has a special relationship with Vietnam and wishes to promote cooperation with Vietnam in various fields, including the preservation of cultural heritages such as the My Son Sanctuary. Regarding regional cooperation, the Indian Foreign Minister highly appreciated Vietnam's active coordination with ASEAN countries to promote the review of the ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA).

Discussing measures to promote cooperation in the coming time, the two Ministers agreed to continue to coordinate and promote high-level visits and bilateral cooperation mechanisms, including the 19th Vietnam-India Intergovernmental Committee on Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation, to review and orient cooperation in all aspects.

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