General Secretary and President To Lam's many "firsts" working trip
Báo Dân trí•08/10/2024
(Dan Tri) - President To Lam and the Vietnamese delegation had nearly 80 rich and diverse activities on both bilateral and multilateral levels during their visit to Mongolia, Ireland, France and to attend the Francophone Summit.
General Secretary and President To Lam and the Vietnamese high-ranking delegation have just successfully concluded a State visit to Mongolia, Ireland, attended the 19th Francophone Summit and paid an official visit to the French Republic. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son has just answered the press after the General Secretary and President's working trip. What were the highlights and outstanding results achieved during this working trip? - With a busy schedule of activities in Mongolia, Ireland, France, and the Francophone Summit, General Secretary and President To Lam and the Vietnamese delegation had nearly 80 rich and diverse activities on both bilateral and multilateral levels. This is a working trip with many "firsts", especially the first State visit of our leader to Mongolia after 16 years, to Ireland after nearly 30 years of establishing diplomatic relations, to France after 22 years and also the first time the General Secretary and President attended the Francophone Summit.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son (Photo: Manh Quan).
The working trip of General Secretary and President To Lam and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation was a great success with outstanding marks. Firstly , the leaders of the State, Government and National Assembly of the countries gave General Secretary and President To Lam and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation a solemn, sincere, warm and thoughtful welcome with many exceptions. That shows the high and special respect of the countries for the position and prestige of Vietnam; demonstrates the deep political trust between Vietnam and the countries and the desire to promote bilateral relations in depth, substance and effectiveness. Notably, in the context of France organizing the Francophone Summit with the participation of 100 delegations of heads of state, leaders of countries and international organizations, French President Emmanuel Macron gave the General Secretary and President special attention with higher-than-normal reception protocols.
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes General Secretary and President To Lam (Photo: International Newspaper).
Second , the working trip is a strong step in implementing the foreign policy of the 13th National Party Congress, when our country is facing a new era, an era of the Vietnamese people's rise. The working trip of General Secretary and President To Lam has created many important historical marks in relations with the three countries, with three Joint Statements on establishing the Vietnam - Mongolia Comprehensive Partnership, Vietnam - Ireland Strategic Partnership in Higher Education and upgrading the Vietnam - France relationship to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Vietnam has signed nearly 20 documents, including 7 cooperation documents with Mongolia in the fields of security, justice, transportation, education and local cooperation; 3 cooperation documents with Ireland on higher education, food system transformation, economy, trade and energy; cooperation documents between the governments, ministries, branches and localities of Vietnam and France, opening up opportunities for cooperation between the two countries in many new fields.
Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh hosted the official welcoming ceremony for General Secretary and President To Lam (Photo: International Newspaper).
Notably, the announcement by the General Secretary and President of the opening of the Vietnamese Embassy in Ireland after 30 years of establishing diplomatic relations will open a new stage of development in bilateral relations, meeting the expectations of the Vietnamese community in Ireland. Another important highlight of this working trip is that Vietnam and France agreed to upgrade their relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. This will be the basis and solid foundation to strengthen political trust between the two countries, bringing the Vietnam - France relationship to an increasingly deeper level, for the benefit of the people of the two countries and for peace and stability in the region and the world. Third , at the 19th Francophone Summit, the General Secretary and President of the State delivered an important speech at the conference, strongly spreading the message of strong support for multilateralism. At the same time, he emphasized the role of multilateral institutions, including Francophone, in promoting cooperation, responding to common challenges and taking advantage of opportunities from the development of science and technology. The General Secretary and President also joined the leaders of Francophone countries in adopting the "Villers-Cotterêts Declaration" with a strong commitment to continue promoting multilateralism for peace, friendship, solidarity and sustainable development. We also took full advantage of this occasion to promote relations with countries and international organizations, thereby introducing the great potential for trade and investment cooperation with Vietnam, especially in the fields of science and technology. At the Conference, Vietnam was mentioned many times in the discussions and was considered a model of development in the Francophone Community. During the conference, many leaders of the State and Government of Francophone countries and international organizations proactively met and contacted the General Secretary and President to express their desire to cooperate with Vietnam. In the coming time, how will Vietnam coordinate with its partners to implement the important cooperation contents that have been signed? - Closely following the spirit of the Joint Statements and the results achieved by the senior leaders of Vietnam and other countries during this working trip, Vietnam and other countries will promote the implementation and concretization of the results achieved in many aspects.
Irish President Michael D. Higgins and his wife welcome General Secretary and President To Lam (Photo: International Newspaper).
One is to continue to strengthen political trust through maintaining delegation exchanges at all levels, especially at high levels, through the channels of the Party, State, Government, National Assembly and people-to-people exchanges with Mongolia, Ireland, France as well as promoting solidarity and friendship with Francophone members. Continue to effectively maintain existing cooperation mechanisms, while studying the possibility of establishing new, effective cooperation mechanisms between ministries, branches and localities. Two is to continue to create momentum, promote cooperation, and implement the Joint Statements on strengthening and upgrading relations, and agreements in specific fields reached with countries. Three is with the Francophone community, Vietnam needs to continue to strongly promote the economic pillar, especially the digital economy in the Francophone space. At the same time, take advantage of the great potential of the Francophone community to increase Vietnam's engagement and participation in the Francophone community. Fourth, further promote community work, citizen protection and make better use of the role of the Vietnamese community in other countries to promote friendship and cooperation. The working trip was a great success, comprehensive, achieved many substantive results, deepened and deepened relations with Mongolia, Ireland and France on the basis of consolidating the traditional foundation of friendship. The working trip also demonstrated the foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralization, diversification of relations, being a friend, a reliable partner, a responsible member of the international community, contributing to peace, stability, cooperation and sustainable development in the region and the world.
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