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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar. |
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar expressed his deep condolences to the State, Government and People of Vietnam on the passing of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, an outstanding leader and great friend of the Indian people.
On behalf of the Government of India, Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar expressed his sincere thanks and warm welcome to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh , one of the first foreign leaders to pay a State visit to India since the re-election of the third-term Government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi; affirmed that the Government of India attaches great importance to the visit and believes that the visit will bring strong momentum to the Vietnam-India relationship in the coming time.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh respectfully thanked senior Indian leaders for sending condolences and sending a delegation to Vietnam to pay their respects to General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
The Prime Minister appreciated the Indian Ministry of External Affairs and Minister S. Jaishankar personally for their efforts to closely coordinate with the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Vietnamese Embassy in India to carefully prepare for the visit in a very short time, and carefully arrange important meetings for the visit.
The Prime Minister welcomed the two Foreign Ministers for successfully co-chairing the 18th Vietnam-India Joint Commission (September 2023), an important step in preparation for the visit as well as efforts to complete the Action Program to implement the Vietnam-India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for the 2024-2028 period with many new initiatives.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hopes that through this visit, the relationship between the two countries will enter a new period of trust, deeper understanding, and greater efficiency, meeting the aspirations of the leaders and people of the two countries.
The Prime Minister hopes to discuss with the Indian side the key areas of cooperation in the coming time, including high-level delegation exchanges, local exchanges, and people-to-people exchanges; strengthening economic-trade-investment cooperation, soon increasing bilateral trade turnover to 20 billion USD; expanding cooperation to new areas such as green transformation, digital transformation, innovation, semiconductor chips, artificial intelligence, etc.
The Prime Minister requested the two Ministries of Foreign Affairs to focus on coordinating with relevant ministries and branches in reviewing and implementing high-level agreements.
The two sides also agreed to continue cooperation at regional and international forums and agreed to support ASEAN's stance on the East Sea.
Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar thanked Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh for his profound instructions and support for the bilateral relationship, affirming that he will strive to cooperate with the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to promote Vietnam-India relations in the coming time.
Source: https://nhandan.vn/no-luc-dua-kim-ngach-thuong-mai-viet-nam-an-do-len-30-ty-usd-post822010.html
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