PM Dung greets Argentinean President

(VOV) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has affirmed Vietnam’s desire to further strengthen cooperative relations with Argentina substantially and effectively.

At a January 21 reception for Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Dung praised the outcome of talks between the foreign leader and President Truong Tan Sang, saying President Cristina’s visit is a milestone elevating Vietnamese-Argentinean relations to a higher level.

Dung thanked Argentina for its valuable support and assistance during Vietnam’s past struggles for national liberation, as well as its interest in Vietnam’s ongoing socio-economic development process.

All elements of Vietnam- Argentina cooperation have grown steadily in recent years, delivering practical benefits to both sides. Vietnam always welcomes collaboration and investment from Argentinean businesses, Dung said.

He hopes the two nations will promote their political and diplomatic ties, offer each other support at regional and international forums—especially at the UN—and improve bilateral cooperation in economics, trade, investment, agriculture, science and technology, education, and culture. Both countries want two-way trade turnover to exceed US$1 billion.

The Argentinean President expressed pleasure at the positive developments in Vietnam-Argentinean relations, saying that her country wants to intensify cooperation with Vietnam across a variety of fields but especially in farm produce processing, energy, mechanical engineering, and leather and footwear.

Cristina said she wants Vietnam to engender favourable conditions for Argentinean businesses to invest in the areas complementing Argentina’s strengths and Vietnam’s demands.

Geographical distance will not hamper strong bilateral ties in various fields if both nations make combined efforts to capitalise on their friendship and goodwill, Cristina said.

At a reception for the Argentinean President the same day, Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Sinh Hung said the Vietnamese NA wishes to develop bilateral parliamentary relations with other countries, including Argentina. It supports and makes every effort to create conditions for the continuous development of the two countries’ ties to benefit people from both countries, as well as for peace and prosperity in the world, he added.

The top NA legislator spoke highly of the results of talks between the guest and Vietnamese leaders, in which the two sides agreed on a number of cooperation issues to improve bilateral ties.

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