Uzbekistan President impressed by Vietnam's achievements in innovation and socio-economic development

On the evening of September 17, on the occasion of attending the third Belt and Road Forum (BRF), President Vo Van Thuong met with President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

Tổng thống Uzbekistan ấn tượng trước thành tựu đổi mới, phát triển kinh tế-xã hội của Việt Nam

President Vo Van Thuong meets with President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev. (Source: VNA)

At the meeting, President Vo Van Thuong affirmed that Vietnam's consistent policy is to always attach importance to developing traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Central Asian countries, including Uzbekistan, and hopes that the Vietnam-Uzbekistan relationship will develop more substantially, meeting the interests of the people of the two countries.

Appreciating the potential for cooperation, the President suggested that the two sides promote economic and trade cooperation, which has shown signs of improvement recently, while deepening other potential areas such as education and training, cultural exchange, tourism, people-to-people exchange, and research on opening direct flights connecting destinations of the two countries.

President Vo Van Thuong suggested that the two sides promote the exchange of delegations at all levels, especially high-level ones, to increase political trust and mutual understanding, and expand bilateral cooperation in areas where the two sides have complementary advantages.

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev congratulated and expressed his impression of Vietnam's achievements in innovation and socio-economic development in recent times and agreed with the proposals of President Vo Van Thuong to promote cooperation between the two countries, focusing on the fields of economics, trade and tourism, with immediate priority given to the exchange of business delegations between the two countries, seeking and expanding business cooperation opportunities.

The President affirmed: "Uzbekistan highly values its relations with Vietnam and wishes to restore traditional areas of cooperation between the two countries, especially oil and gas, education, training, student exchange, and cultural exchanges."

On this occasion, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev respectfully invited President Vo Van Thuong to soon visit Uzbekistan.

The two leaders agreed that the two sides should continue to strengthen cooperation at multilateral forums, including the United Nations and other international organizations. Uzbekistan hopes that Vietnam will act as a bridge for Uzbekistan to strengthen its connection with ASEAN, while Vietnam wants to use Uzbekistan to further strengthen its cooperative relations with the Central Asian region.

At the meeting, President Vo Van Thuong respectfully invited President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to visit Vietnam soon. The Uzbek leader happily accepted the invitation.

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