Foreign Minister receives Japanese CDP leader
VOV.VN - Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son hosted a reception for Izumi Kenta, president of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP), on August 31 in Hanoi to mark the occasion of the latter’s visit to Vietnam from August 29 to August 31.
Vietnam-Japan relationship is now at their best in history. Through the support of the Governments, political parties, and people of the two countries, there are favourable conditions for the relationship to further grow to new heights, FM Son told his guest.
The Vietnamese diplomat used the occasion to thank the CDP and Izumi himself for their support of mutual relations over the past time, as well as asking the CDP to continue strengthening exchanges with the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).
The Vietnamese diplomat therefore expressed a wish for the CDP to advocate the further promotion of bilateral ties in both traditional and new fields such as digital transformation, green transition and energy transition, as well as promote locality-to-locality and people-to-people exchanges, especially during this year when the two countries mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties.
He hailed the role of House of Representatives member Aoyagi Yoichiro, senior deputy director of the CDP’s International Department, in the organisation of the Vietnam Festival in Tokyo, one of the biggest foreign festivals in the Far East country, contributing to forwarding the cultural-tourism links between the two nations.
The CDP President affirmed that his party’s support of the Japanese Government’s policy on promoting ties with the country over several years and viewing the Vietnamese side as a leading important partner in the region.
He went on to reveal that the CDP has just signed an memorandum of understanding on increasing exchanges and cooperation with the CPV.
Izumi also expressed his wish for more exchanges between female and young lawmakers of the two countries and stronger bilateral economic, trade, and investment collaboration. He suggested that the Vietnamese Government outline policies aimed at creating favourable and transparent investment environment in a bid to attract even more Japanese companies to the nation in the time to come.
Both sides also compared notes on international and regional issues of shared concern.
