Tianjin (VNA)𝔉 – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh onJune 27 had separate bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Barbados andMongolia on the occasion of their attendance at the 14th Annual Meeting of the New Champions (AMNC) of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Tianjin, China.
At the meeting with Barbadian PM Mia Mottley, PM Chinhproposed the two sides coordinate to promote bilateral cooperation withpriority given to signing cooperation documents to create a legal corridor forfurther promoting economic, trade, and investment ties, first of all an agreement on visa exemption for diplomatic and official passport holders. Chinh added that Vietnam hopes to promote ties with the Caribbean through Barbados, which has an important position in the region. For her part, Mottley highly appreciated Vietnam'ssocio-economic development achievements, especially its recovery after theCOVID-19 pandemic. She hopes that the two countries will continue to createfavourable conditions and frameworks for enhancing cooperation in trade,investment, and tourism as well as maintain close cooperation and mutualsupport at international organisations and multilateral forums, especially atthe United Nations. Barbados is willing to act as a bridge for Vietnam tostrengthen ties with Caribbean countries, she said. At the meeting with Mongolian PM Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai, PM Chinh affirmed that Vietnam consistently attaches importance to the relations withMongolia and wishes to continue enhancing the goodtraditional friendship between the two countries. Chinh suggested that the two sides increase the exchange ofdelegations at both central and local levels, thereby enhancing mutualunderstanding and trust, and implement measures to create more favourableconditions for people-to-people exchanges. In the context of global and regional fluctuations,strengthening Vietnam-Mongolia relations is of great significance to the twopeoples, PM Chinh said, adding that Vietnam stands ready to act as abridge for Mongolia to expand ties with the ASEANfor peace and prosperity in the region and the world. For his part, Mongolian PM Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsraiemphasised that Mongolia hopes to expand and further enhance cooperation with Vietnam, especially in the fields of transport, railways, aviation and people-to-people exchanges, and tourism. He suggested the two sides promote the role ofthe Mongolia-Vietnam Intergovernmental Committee and their cooperationmechanisms. The two PMs took the occasion to discuss international andregional issues of mutual concern, highlighting the role of multilateralism andcompliance with international law./.
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