This morning, October 16, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son welcomed and co-chaired the 18th meeting of the Vietnam-India Joint Committee on Economic, Trade, Scientific and Technological Cooperation with Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar.
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| At the invitation of Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar paid an official visit to Vietnam and co-chaired the 18th meeting of the Vietnam-India Joint Committee on Economic, Trade, Scientific and Technological Cooperation from October 15-17. |
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| On the morning of October 16, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son welcomed and had a private meeting with Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar. |
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| Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar writes in the guestbook during the visit. |
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| Immediately after the private meeting, the two Ministers co-chaired the 18th meeting of the Vietnam-India Joint Committee on Economic, Trade, Scientific and Technological Cooperation. Earlier, on the afternoon of October 15, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar visited Tran Quoc Pagoda. |
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| Vietnam and India established diplomatic relations on January 7, 1972. The two countries upgraded their relationship to a "Comprehensive Strategic Partnership" in September 2016. Currently, the two sides are actively promoting the Action Program to implement the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for the 2021-2023 period. |
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| The two sides agreed to coordinate in organizing high-level delegation exchanges and effectively implement existing cooperation mechanisms, including the Vietnam-India Joint Committee on Economic, Trade, Scientific and Technological Cooperation. Since its establishment in 1982, the Joint Committee mechanism has been maintained regularly by the two countries. |
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| The most recent meeting – the 17th meeting of the Vietnam-India Joint Commission took place on August 25, 2020, in an online format. |
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