President Luong Cuong meets with Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly

President Luong Cuong meets with Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly. (Photo: Xuan Ky)

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly expressed his pleasure at meeting President Luong Cuong during the President's state visit to Egypt, affirming that the visit is an important milestone, opening a new beginning in the good bilateral relations between the two countries.

Expressing warm feelings and affection for the country and people of Vietnam, the Egyptian Prime Minister congratulated Vietnam on its outstanding development achievements, expressing his admiration and confidence that Vietnam will realize its goal of becoming a developed, high-income country by 2045.

The Egyptian Prime Minister expressed his pleasure to learn that the two countries had agreed to upgrade their relationship to a Comprehensive Partnership, affirming that the relationship with Vietnam is a special historical one, established early on and highly valued and promoted by President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, the Prime Minister personally, and all senior Egyptian leaders.

President Luong Cuong and Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly. (Photo: Xuan Ky)

President Luong Cuong expressed his sincere gratitude to the leaders and people of Egypt for the warm and respectful welcome extended to the high-level Vietnamese delegation.

The President expressed his admiration for Egypt's rapid development, particularly in the construction and development of new urban areas and administrative centers, which reflects Egypt's foresight and aspiration for breakthroughs and advancement.

President Luong Cuong affirmed that Vietnam always attaches importance to developing the traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Egypt and hopes to bring bilateral cooperation to a new level, making it stronger, more substantive, and more effective.

Appreciating the opportunities for cooperation with Egypt and Africa, President Luong Cuong proposed strengthening exchanges of high-level and other delegations, building new legal frameworks, and facilitating bilateral cooperation in all fields.

The President agreed to promote economic cooperation in a sustainable and mutually beneficial direction, and proposed creating favorable conditions for businesses from both sides to invest and cooperate in areas of strength such as logistics, energy infrastructure construction, industrial production, textiles, renewable energy, etc., as well as in new and potential areas such as green transformation, digital transformation, and halal practices.

The President suggested that the two sides strengthen coordination, consultation, and mutual support in international and regional forums, and enhance the exchange of experience in the field of peacekeeping and mediation to make positive contributions to peace and stability in each region and the world.

Members of the Vietnamese delegation. (Photo: Xuan Ky)

The President also requested the Egyptian Prime Minister to pay attention to and create favorable conditions for the Vietnamese community in Egypt to do business and live stably, thereby contributing to the development of Egypt and the relations between the two countries.

Impressed with Vietnam's strategic goals, Prime Minister Madbouly stated that Egypt is also implementing reforms, restructuring the private sector, attracting foreign investment, promoting the industrial revolution, information technology, green transformation, and mitigating the impacts of climate change.

Members of the Egyptian delegation. (Photo: XUAN KY)

Emphasizing the many similarities between the two countries, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly expressed his desire for both sides to strengthen cooperation and effectively exploit the potential in bilateral relations, including actively coordinating efforts to initiate negotiations on a Vietnam-Egypt Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on the basis of equality, balance, and mutual benefit, and striving to increase the value of trade turnover as agreed upon by President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi and President Luong Cuong at their previous meeting.

The Prime Minister proposed the establishment of a Vietnam-Arab Business Council, affirming that it would serve as a bridge connecting Vietnam with markets in the Middle East-Africa region and Arab countries.

President Luong Cuong meets with Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly. (Photo: Xuan Ky)

The Egyptian Prime Minister happily welcomed Vietnamese investors, affirming that he would create favorable conditions for Vietnamese businesses to operate in Egypt and was ready to welcome Vietnamese students to study at the Islamic University and other schools in Egypt.

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly highly appreciated Vietnam's role at the United Nations and said he would send a delegation to attend the signing ceremony of the UN Convention against Cybercrime, scheduled to be held in Hanoi in October 2025.

President Luong Cuong meets with Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly. (Photo: Xuan Ky)

On this occasion, President Luong Cuong conveyed the invitation from Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, respectfully inviting Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly to visit Vietnam soon. The Egyptian Prime Minister happily accepted the invitation.

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