Vietnam - Algeria upgrade strategic partnership

This result has concretized the wishes and aspirations of generations of leaders and people of the two countries, creating the basis for implementing practical cooperation activities.

At a press conference on November 19 (local time), in front of officials and international press from both countries, the Prime Minister of Vietnam and the Prime Minister of Algeria announced the upgrading of relations to a Strategic Partnership and signed many important documents.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Algerian Prime Minister Sifi Ghrieb held a press conference to announce the Vietnam-Algeria Strategic Partnership. Photo: VNA.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh respectfully thanked the Prime Minister, leaders and people of Algeria for the warm and cordial reception given to him and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation; at the same time, conveying the congratulations of the leaders of the Party and State of Vietnam, General Secretary To Lam on the achievements that Algeria has achieved in the past year and the support for Algeria's important orientations in the coming years, with a vision to 2035.

The Prime Minister stressed that Vietnam and Algeria have an important common core value of supporting and helping each other in the struggle for national independence and unification. Therefore, both sides need to promote this heritage in building and developing the country today and in the future so that each country can be rich, civilized, prosperous and happy, and the people can become increasingly happy and prosperous.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh holds talks with Algerian Prime Minister Sifi Ghrieb. Photo: VGP.

Algerian Prime Minister Sifi Ghrieb emphasized that Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's visit to Algeria and the agreements signed by the two sides are historic, shaping and opening a new chapter in the bilateral relationship in the coming time.

Assessing that during the visit, the two sides reviewed and agreed on specific measures to promote cooperation in all fields, the Algerian Prime Minister said that it is necessary for the two sides to implement the contents of the agreements reached into practical and effective actions, making the bilateral cooperation between Vietnam and Algeria a model in international relations in general, as well as in South-South Cooperation in particular.

Algerian Prime Minister speaks at talks with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 19. Photo: VGP.

The Algerian Prime Minister assessed the previous talks as very effective and practical, once again affirming the important stature of bilateral relations and strengthening the spirit of solidarity between the governments and people of the two countries in responding to traditional and non-traditional security threats.

Accordingly, the agreement to upgrade the Vietnam - Algeria relationship to a Strategic Partnership reflects high political trust at all levels; expanding the scale and scope of cooperation in all fields, especially economic cooperation, investment, culture, science and technology, innovation, digital transformation, education and training; identifying economic cooperation as the basis for promoting the two countries' relationship to become more in-depth, substantive and effective.

The Prime Minister once again welcomed the signing of cooperation agreements between the two sides in the fields of education and training, housing and urban areas, debt settlement, justice and previously outstanding issues that were resolved during this visit.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Prime Minister Sifi Ghrieb witnessed the signing of a Letter of Intent between the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Trade and Export Promotion on coordination in research, assessment, and promotion of the initiation of negotiations on a bilateral trade agreement. Photo: VGP.

Previously, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Algerian Prime Minister Sifi Ghrieb witnessed the signing ceremony of 7 cooperation documents including:

- Minutes of the 13th meeting of the Vietnam - Algeria Intergovernmental Committee.

- Memorandum of Cooperation between the Ministry of Construction of Vietnam and the Ministry of Housing, Urban and City Planning of Algeria in the field of housing, urban and city planning.

- Appendix to the Protocol on the settlement of overall debt between the two Governments.

- Agreement on cooperation in the field of education between the two governments.

- Memorandum of Understanding between the Vietnam Confederation of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the Algerian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CACI).

- Memorandum of Understanding between the Vietnam Academy of Posts and Telecommunications and the Boumediene University of Science and Technology of Algeria.

- Letter of Intent between the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam and the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Export Promotion of Algeria on coordination in research, assessment, and promotion of the initiation of negotiations on a bilateral trade agreement.

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