PM Phuc welcomes Slovakia PM to Presidential Place
VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc welcomed Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico to the Presidential Palace on July 18 to deepen and expand the partnership between the two countries.
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The common values and interests that Vietnam and Slovakia share are an integral part of Vietnam’s commitment to the European nation and to the EU economic region as a whole, said Prime Minister Phuc at the reception.
During the second state visit of Prime Minister Fico to Vietnam, it was announced that the two leaders will discuss charting a new phase for their relationship by growing bilateral cooperation in new ways.
They will work closely together on key global and regional issues on a strategic level with the end goal of enhancing international peace and prosperity and will sign a number of key agreements during the visit.
The leaders will discuss climate change and global health as well as expanded cooperation on maritime, defence, economic growth, energy, and people to people contacts.
Vietnam and Slovakia established diplomatic relations in 1950. Since then they have signed an economic cooperation agreement and established an Intergovernmental Committee on Economic Cooperation.
The second session of the Committee will take place during the fourth quarter of this year in the Slovakian capital of Bratislava.
