National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and his wife leave Dakar, successfully concluding their official visit to the Republic of Senegal. Photo: Doan Tan/VNA
Seeing off the delegation at Blaise Diagne International Airport in the capital Dakar were President of the Senegalese National Assembly El Malick Ndiaye, several members of the Standing Committee of the Senegalese National Assembly, Vietnamese Ambassador to Algeria and Senegal Tran Quoc Khanh, Embassy officials and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Senegal.
During the visit, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man met with President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, and held talks with National Assembly Chairman El Malick Ndiaye. During the talks and meetings, high-ranking Senegalese leaders expressed their pleasure at welcoming National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation to Senegal on an official visit, the first visit by a key leader of the Party and State of Vietnam to Senegal since the two countries established diplomatic relations; considering this a qualitative change in bilateral relations and a visit between "brothers" who have had friendly relations for many years.
Assessing that although economic cooperation between Vietnam and Senegal has made many positive strides in recent times, there is still much untapped potential. The two sides agreed that it is necessary to continue perfecting the legal framework in the fields of trade, industry and investment, enhancing trade activities, connecting businesses, and promoting the export of key products to each other's markets.
Senegalese National Assembly President El Malick Ndiaye sees off National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and his wife at Blaise Diagne International Airport in Dakar. Photo: Doan Tan/VNA
Emphasizing that agriculture is the focus of cooperation between the two countries, Senegalese leaders affirmed that Senegal wishes to import more rice from Vietnam to help ensure food security; welcomes and is ready to create conditions for Vietnamese technology and service enterprises to invest and do business in Senegal, emphasizing the possibility of Vietnam and Senegal becoming an effective bridge for each country's goods to penetrate deeper into the West African and Southeast Asian markets.
Regarding parliamentary cooperation, the two sides affirmed that this is an important pillar in bilateral relations, contributing to promoting mutual understanding and strengthening the legal foundation for comprehensive cooperation; agreed to increase the exchange of delegations at high and all levels; promote the role of the Friendship Parliamentarians' Group, cooperate at multilateral parliamentary forums; continue to share legislative and supervisory experiences; strengthen training cooperation and information exchange.
National Assembly President El Malick Ndiaye and Senegalese officials saw off National Assembly President Tran Thanh Man and his wife at Blaise Diagne International Airport in Dakar. Photo: Doan Tan/VNA
National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and Senegalese National Assembly Chairman El Malick Ndiaye signed a cooperation agreement between the two countries' parliaments. The two National Assembly Chairmen also witnessed the announcement ceremony of the establishment of the Vietnam - Senegal Parliamentary Friendship Group and the Senegal - Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group.
In the capital Dakar, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man attended a policy discussion to promote Vietnam - Senegal cooperation, met with the Vietnamese community in Senegal...
With substantive activities, the official visit of National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man to Senegal was a great success, not only opening a new page of cooperation through parliamentary channels but also creating momentum for the two countries to expand cooperation in all fields, for the benefit of development and prosperity of the two peoples.
Phan Phuong (Vietnam News Agency)
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