Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan met with the Presidents of Kazakhstan,Turkey, and Uzbekistan on October 13, as part of her trip to attend the 6th Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures inAsia (CICA) in Kazakhstan’s Astana capital.

Welcoming theVietnamese leader, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokaev highly valued Vietnam’srole and significant contributions within the CICA framework. He affirmed thatKazakhstan treasures the bilateral friendship and views Vietnam as animportant partner in the Asia-Pacific region.

VicePresident Xuan expressed her delight that her visit coincides with the 30th founding anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties. She affirmed Vietnam always attachesimportance to the traditional friendship with Kazakhstan, agreeing to increasedelegation exchanges via all channels and at all levels.

The two leaders shared the viewthat there remains much room for bilateral economic partnerships, especially insuch potential fields as tourism, logistics, agriculture, and construction.

They agreed to further capitaliseon advantages generated by the free trade agreement between Vietnam and theEurasian Economic Union (EAEU), of which Kazakhstan is a member, and officiallyopen a direct air route. They also concurred to raise the two-way tradeturnover to 1.5 billion USD by 2030.

At the meeting with Vice President Xuan, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed that Turkey considers Vietnam as the most important partner in the Association of Southeast AsianNations (ASEAN), and wants to enhance bilateral cooperation and coordinatewith Vietnam at international forums and organisations, especially within theUnited Nations framework.

He underlinedTurkey’s support for Vietnam and ASEAN’s stance on the peaceful settlement ofdisputes on the basis of international law. He also agreed that both sidesshould work closely to develop connections in economy, trade, investment,tourism, infrastructure development, transport, and maritime economy on parwith the potential and importance of the two countries’ relations.

Describing Turkey as one of the leading trade and investmentpartners of Vietnam in the Middle East, Vice President Xuan called on bothsides to continue coordination and mutual support at multilateral forums andinternational organisations while working to successfully hold people-to-peopleand cultural exchanges to mark the 45th founding anniversary of diplomaticties in 2023.

She alsoasked for close coordination to tackle bottlenecks and further facilitateexports to each other’s markets.

Talking with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Vice President Xuan highlighted that Vietnam alwaystreasures the two countries’ traditional friendship and hopes to step up bilateralcooperation in all aspects. She proposed the two nations further strengthen their political ties through all-level delegation exchanges, and maintain mutual support atinternational and regional forums.

The Uzbekleader said Vietnam is an important traditional friend and a trustworthypartner of his country in Asia, adding that he is impressed with Vietnam’sconsiderable achievements in economic development, social security ensuring,poverty reduction, and international integration over the last three decadessince the Doi moi (Reform) period began.
         
The two leaders held that it is necessary to further promoteeconomic, trade, and investment ties so that the relations match with thefaithful and sincere political ties between the two countries.

They alsoagreed to organise the 8th meeting of the Inter-GovernmentalCommittee early; consider the establishment of partnerships in producing rice,textile -  garment, cotton, electroniccomponents, and household appliances; and consider the launching of a direct airroute to facilitate transport, people-to-people exchange, and tourismcooperation./.