President Tran Dai Quang at the embassy (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – President Tran Dai Quang and hisspouse visited the Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt after arriving in Cairo onAugust 26, continuing his State visit to Egypt from August 25 – 29 at theinvitation of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi.
Greeting the President, representatives from the Vietnamese communityin Egypt expressed wish to continue receiving support from the Party and State,especially in opening Vietnamese language courses to keep the mother tonguealive in the community.
President Quang informed the expatriates on Vietnam’ssituation and external policy. He noted that Egypt was one of the first Arabiancountries to establish diplomatic ties with Vietnam in 1963 and open theembassy in Hanoi in 1964, and the first Northern African country to recogniseVietnam as a market economy in November 2013.
In September 2017, President Al-Sisi paid a State visit toVietnam, which was the first high-level visit between the two countries.
He said Vietnam and Egypt have good political ties, and theyregularly share stances and support each other at the United Nations forums.The African country has expressed backing of Vietnam’s candidacy as anon-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the 2020-2021 tenure.
Egypt is Vietnam’s fifth largest trade partner in Africawith two-way trade hitting 346 million USD in 2017. The two countries aim toraise their trade to 1 billion USD in the near future.
The leader asked Vietnamese agencies in Egypt to keep closetrack of the situation in Egypt andpropose specific measures to strengthen all-around ties between the twonations.
He committed all possible support to overseas Vietnamese tostabilise their lives, integrate into the host society and maintain culturalidentities.
President Tran Dai Quang and his spouse arrived inLuxor city on August 25 afternoon (local time), beginning his State visit toEgypt, the first visit by a head of the State of Vietnam since the twocountries established diplomatic ties in 1963.-VNA
Greeting the President, representatives from the Vietnamese communityin Egypt expressed wish to continue receiving support from the Party and State,especially in opening Vietnamese language courses to keep the mother tonguealive in the community.
President Quang informed the expatriates on Vietnam’ssituation and external policy. He noted that Egypt was one of the first Arabiancountries to establish diplomatic ties with Vietnam in 1963 and open theembassy in Hanoi in 1964, and the first Northern African country to recogniseVietnam as a market economy in November 2013.
In September 2017, President Al-Sisi paid a State visit toVietnam, which was the first high-level visit between the two countries.
He said Vietnam and Egypt have good political ties, and theyregularly share stances and support each other at the United Nations forums.The African country has expressed backing of Vietnam’s candidacy as anon-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the 2020-2021 tenure.
Egypt is Vietnam’s fifth largest trade partner in Africawith two-way trade hitting 346 million USD in 2017. The two countries aim toraise their trade to 1 billion USD in the near future.
The leader asked Vietnamese agencies in Egypt to keep closetrack of the situation in Egypt andpropose specific measures to strengthen all-around ties between the twonations.
He committed all possible support to overseas Vietnamese tostabilise their lives, integrate into the host society and maintain culturalidentities.
President Tran Dai Quang and his spouse arrived inLuxor city on August 25 afternoon (local time), beginning his State visit toEgypt, the first visit by a head of the State of Vietnam since the twocountries established diplomatic ties in 1963.-VNA
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