APEC 2024: President Luong Cuong meets with economic leaders
Báo Tin Tức•17/11/2024
According to the special correspondent of the Vietnam News Agency, on November 15 local time, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit Week in Lima (Peru), President Luong Cuong met with General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping, US President Joe Biden, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk.
President Luong Cuong with General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping at the 31st APEC Summit with the theme "Empowerment. Inclusion. Growth". Photo: VNA
At the meeting with General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping, President Liang Qiang respectfully conveyed the sincere greetings of General Secretary To Lam, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man to General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping. President Liang Qiang affirmed that Vietnam considers developing cooperative and friendly relations with China a strategic choice, a top priority in Vietnam's foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, diversification and multilateralization. The President congratulated the great and historic achievements that the Party, State and people of China have achieved under the leadership of General Secretary and President Xi Jinping over the past 10 years of the "new era", especially since the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping sent his sincere thanks, greetings and best wishes to General Secretary To Lam and key leaders of Vietnam; congratulated Comrade Luong Cuong on being elected President by the Vietnamese National Assembly; affirmed that China always considers relations with Vietnam a priority in its neighborly foreign policy; supported Vietnam in successfully organizing the 14th National Party Congress and respectfully invited President Luong Cuong to visit China at an appropriate time. The two sides expressed their joy and appreciation for the good progress in the relationship between the two Parties and the two countries in recent times, especially after the very successful visits of General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping to Vietnam in December 2023 and the visit of General Secretary and President To Lam to China in August 2024. * In an exchange with US President Joe Biden, President Luong Cuong affirmed that Vietnam considers the United States a partner of strategic importance and expressed his joy that the two sides have achieved many positive results after one year of implementing the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership framework for peace, cooperation and sustainable development. The President highly appreciated President Biden's leadership role and contributions to the development of Vietnam-US relations in recent years. President Joe Biden expressed his pleasure to meet President Luong Cuong, congratulated the President on his new position, and affirmed that the United States attaches importance to its relations with Vietnam and supports a "strong, independent, self-reliant and prosperous" Vietnam. * Sharing with the Malaysian Prime Minister, President Luong Cuong emphasized that Vietnam always attaches importance to and wishes to further develop the friendship and strategic partnership between Vietnam and Malaysia. On this occasion, the President sent the regards of General Secretary To Lam to the King and Queen of Malaysia. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim congratulated President Luong Cuong on his new position, affirming that Vietnam is a very important partner of Malaysia in the region. The Malaysian Prime Minister suggested that the two sides continue to consolidate and bring the relationship to new heights through expanding and deepening areas of cooperation. * In an exchange with the Singaporean Prime Minister, President Luong Cuong suggested that the two sides continue to promote cooperation mechanisms in the fields of politics - diplomacy, economy - trade, defense - security, culture - education, science and technology, and people-to-people exchange. Prime Minister Lawrence Wong congratulated President Luong Cuong on his new position, affirmed that Vietnam is a major partner of Singapore in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and agreed with President Luong Cuong on promoting cooperation between the two countries in areas of strategic significance to the bilateral relationship. * At the meeting with the Australian Prime Minister, President Luong Cuong suggested that the two sides continue to closely coordinate to effectively implement the Action Program of the Vietnam - Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for the period 2024 - 2027.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese congratulated President Luong Cuong on being elected President by the Vietnamese National Assembly; reaffirmed that Australia values the role and position of Vietnam; and said that he has visited Vietnam four times, the first of which was in 1986. On this occasion, Prime Minister Albanese respectfully invited President Luong Cuong to visit Australia at an appropriate time. The two sides agreed to continue to strengthen political trust, maintain regular and effective exchanges of high-level delegations and bilateral cooperation mechanisms, especially within the framework of the United Nations, APEC and ASEAN. * In a discussion with the Canadian Prime Minister, President Luong Cuong respectfully thanked Canada for supporting Vietnam in overcoming the consequences of storm No. 3 (international name: storm Yagi). The two leaders were pleased to see the strong development of Vietnam-Canada relations, and emphasized their determination to continue to deepen their cooperation on the basis of mutual respect and mutual benefit. Prime Minister Trudeau congratulated President Luong Cuong on his election as President, saying that many delegations of high-ranking officials and Canadian businesses have come to Vietnam to explore opportunities for economic, trade, and investment cooperation as well as in new areas, innovation, digital transformation, green transformation, etc. * Meanwhile, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk said that Russia prioritizes developing relations with Vietnam in an increasingly substantive and effective manner in the spirit of traditional friendship and commensurate with the potential of the two countries. President Luong Cuong affirmed that he always attaches importance to the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with the Russian Federation. The two sides agreed to promote cooperation in the fields of economy - trade, energy, science - technology, education - training, tourism, etc. At the meetings, the leaders affirmed the importance of multilateralism and multilateral mechanisms of which Vietnam and other parties are members, including APEC.
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