Haitian PM concludes Vietnam visit

Prime Minister of Haiti Laurent Salvador Lamothe left Hanoi on December 18, successfully concluding his official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung.

This is the first official high-level visit to Vietnam by a leader of the republic, and is of historical significance to the bilateral relations when the two countries are celebrating the 15th anniversary of their diplomatic relations.

Host and guest issued a joint communiqué on the visit, in which they expressed satisfaction at the development of the relations, and agreed to strengthen the exchange of high-level visits aimed at further consolidating the ties of friendship and cooperation between the two nations.

The two leaders affirmed their resolve to further consolidate and deepen bilateral relations in political, economic and cultural fields, and agreed on orientations and measures to boost relations and cooperation in the time to come.

They also agreed to intensify the consultation and cooperation at international forums and organizations in which both of them are members.

Lamothe voiced his support for the determination of countries in the region to maintain an environment of peace and stability and to settle disputes in the East Sea through peaceful negotiations on the basis of international law and the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

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