General Secretary and President receives President of the Australian Senate

On the afternoon of August 27, 2024, at the Party Central Committee Headquarters, General Secretary and President To Lam received President of the Australian Senate Sue Lines, who is on an official visit to Vietnam.

General Secretary and President To Lam receives President of the Australian Senate Sue Lines. Photo: VNA

Australian Senate President Sue Lines is on an official visit to Vietnam from August 24-30, 2024 at the invitation of National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man.

General Secretary and President To Lam welcomed Australian Senate President Sue Lines on an official visit to Vietnam. Photo: VNA

At the meeting, according to VNA, Australian Senate President Sue Lines informed the General Secretary and President about the results of her talks with National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and her meeting with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh; affirmed that Australia considers Vietnam an important partner in the Southeast Asian region, and the Australian Parliament supports the promotion of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Vietnam.

The President of the Australian Senate emphasized that by upgrading the relationship to the level of Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, Australia and Vietnam have become priority and important partners of each other, creating conditions for both sides to promote the achievements of cooperation, while expanding cooperation in new areas, especially climate change, digital transformation, energy, minerals, and peacekeeping.

The Senate President also expressed support for the opinions of the General Secretary and President on the importance of cooperation between the two countries, highly appreciating the contributions of the Vietnamese community in Australia to Australia's development and the good friendship between the two countries.

General Secretary and President To Lam and President of the Australian Senate Sue Lines discuss Vietnam-Australia relations. Photo: VNA

Sue Lines' first official visit to Vietnam as President of the Australian Senate takes place in the context of the thriving Vietnam-Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Photo: VNA

General Secretary and President To Lam expressed his belief that the visit to Vietnam by Senate President Sue Lines this time is of great significance, being the first official high-level visit between the two countries after upgrading relations to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, for the benefit of the two peoples, for peace, cooperation and development in the region and the world; at the same time, he highly appreciated the Senate President's positive contributions to the development of bilateral relations.

General Secretary and President To Lam emphasized that the relationship between the two countries has developed well, political trust has been increasingly enhanced, and bilateral cooperation has great potential for new developments. Vietnam and Australia share many similar views on regional and international issues.

General Secretary and President To Lam suggested that the two sides increase high-level exchanges and contacts through state, National Assembly and Party channels. Continuing to strengthen economic cooperation is important, welcoming new areas of cooperation mentioned by the Senate President; and said that Vietnam will continue to create favorable conditions for Australian businesses to invest in Vietnam.

Assessing the long-term significance of cultural, educational and training cooperation between the two countries, General Secretary and President To Lam asked the Senate President to create favorable conditions for the Vietnamese community living, working and studying in Australia to continue to make positive contributions to the development of Australia as well as the development of bilateral relations.

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