Overview of the talks between President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (Photo: VNA) Welcoming the Ugandan President, Phuc affirmed that thefirst visit to Vietnam by a head of state of Uganda since the establishment ofbilateral diplomatic ties in 1973 is an important milestone, contributing toenhancing the friendship and cooperation of the two country.
He congratulated and showed his belief that Uganda will successfullyhost the Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in 2023 as well as fulfillingits role as the NAM Chair for the 2023-2026 term.
For his part, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni congratulated Vietnamon successfully assuming the role of a non-permanent member of the UnitedNations Security Council in the 2020-2021 tenure, and its election to the UN HumanRights Council for the 2023-2025 term. He said he believes that Vietnam will maintainits effective contributions to the UN’s efforts to ensure peace, security and development.
The two leaders welcomed positive development of bilateralrelations, with political-diplomatic ties maintained, and economic cooperationachieving encouraging results. Two-way trade reached 14.3 million USD lastyear, up 39.8% year-on-year.
Affirming that there remains ample room for bilateralcooperation, they agreed on specific orientations to further boost the ties.
They highlighted the importance of stepping up delegationexchanges and contacts in all channels, and maintaining coordination and mutualsupport at multilateral forums, particularly the UN and the NAM.
Both asserted their determination to foster economiccooperation and increase two-way trade to be commensurate with the finepolitical relationship and the market scale of nearly 150 million people of thetwo nations.
President Phuc suggested Uganda create favourable conditionsfor the export and import of commodities that are strengths of each side, includingcotton and wood of Uganda; and food, garment and textiles, construction materials,means of transport and components, and telecoms equipment of Vietnam.
The two leaders also emphasised the importance ofagricultural cooperation, considering it one of the pillars of bilateral relations,with priority given to ensuring food security; and agreed to expandcollaboration to education-training, information and communications,defence-security, health and tourism.
They also exchanged opinions on several regional andinternational issues of mutual concern, and shared the view of addressing theseissues by peaceful means on the basis of upholding international law.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (standing, right) and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Kaguta Museveni witness the signing of memorandum of understanding on cooperation between the two foreign ministries (Photo: VNA)
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