Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (left) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. (Photo: VNA) Erdoğan spoke highly of Chinh’s visit, which takesplace at the time when Vietnam and Türkiye are celebrating the 45th anniversary of theirdiplomatic ties, saying it opens up a new era for the relations.
The President affirmed that Türkiye attaches importanceto developing the multifaceted cooperation with Vietnam, and appreciated the valuablesupport from the Vietnamese Government and people to his country in overcoming the consequences of theFebruary 2023 earthquake.
The leaders consented to reinforce cooperation betweenthe Communist Party of Vietnam and the ruling Justice and Development Party of Türkiye as well as between the governmentsand parliaments of the two countries.
They also exchanged views on regional andinternational issues of shared concern, and emphasised the importance of observinginternational law, and ensuring peace, security and development in the tworegions and around the world.
Both held that ample room remains for the twocountries to boost their economic ties, and more attention is needed to furthertap the huge potential.
Erdoğan affirmed that Türkiye wants to enhance trade and investment cooperation with Vietnam, adding a numberof Turkish groups have operated successfully in the Southeast Asian nation.
The President also suggested the twocountries expand collaboration in tourism, health care and energy, and pledgedto instruct ministries and agencies to realise the contents agreed during Chinh’s visit, including the organisation of the 8th meeting of the Vietnam -Türkiye Intergovernmental Committee and the fifth political consultation betweenthe two foreign ministries in the first half of 2024.
Chinh called on Türkiye to facilitate the access of Vietnam's major products like footwear, farmproduce ad aquatic products to supermarket chains and distribution system inthe country, and welcomed Turkish groups and enterprises to invest in areassuch as hydrogen development, infrastructure and logistics.
The leaders also agreed to strengthencooperation in other areas, including the Halal industry, tourism, agriculture,education and training, and enhance people-to-people exchange.
Chinh used the occasion to suggest Erdoğan directrelevant Turkish agencies to create more favourable conditions for theVietnamese community to live and work in the country.
Regarding regional and international issues, the PM announced that Vietnamwill provide 500,000 USD through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) as relief aid to Palestinian people inthe Gaza Strip.
Chinh conveyed the invitation from Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President Vo Van Thuong to the TurkishPresident to pay an official visit to Vietnam next year. Erdoğan accepted theinvitation with pleasure./.
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