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| Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh welcomes President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. (Source: VNA) |
On the afternoon of August 21, at the Government headquarters, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on the occasion of his official visit to Vietnam from August 20-22.
At the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed that Vietnam always attaches importance to the friendly relations with traditional friends in the Central Asian region, including Kazakhstan, and wishes to further strengthen multifaceted cooperation between the two countries for the benefit of the two countries and two peoples.
Discussing specific measures to promote bilateral cooperation, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh welcomed positive developments in bilateral relations, especially in politics-diplomacy, economics, trade, etc.
The Prime Minister suggested that the two sides continue to promote delegation exchanges and contacts at all levels, including high-level ones. The two sides continue to support each other at multilateral forums and international organizations, especially at the United Nations and the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA).
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| Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the meeting. (Source: VNA) |
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev expressed his pleasure in visiting Vietnam for the first time and thanked Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh for taking the time to receive the delegation. The President affirmed that Kazakhstan considers Vietnam an important partner in the Asia-Pacific region and wishes to further promote the traditional friendship and multi-faceted cooperation with Vietnam, especially in economics, trade and investment on the basis of common values and interests.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highly appreciated the two countries' effective implementation of the Free Trade Agreement between Vietnam and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), and affirmed that the two sides still have much room and potential to complement each other for mutual development.
The Prime Minister suggested that Kazakhstan continue to facilitate Vietnam's key products such as agricultural products, seafood, textiles, and wooden products to access the Kazakhstan market. The two sides should coordinate and promote the revision of the Free Trade Agreement between Vietnam and the EAEU to further facilitate bilateral trade and investment.
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| Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev speaks. (Source: VNA) |
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev affirmed that he will direct the Kazakh government to focus on promoting cooperation in the areas mentioned by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, focusing on cooperation in potential areas such as: transportation, logistics, culture, tourism, finance, digital transformation, etc.
The President hopes to work with Vietnam to further promote the role of the Vietnam-Kazakhstan Intergovernmental Committee on economic-trade and scientific-technical cooperation as well as coordinate the implementation of specific cooperation projects between the two countries.
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| Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh meets with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. (Source: VNA) |
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed his hope that the signing of a bilateral visa exemption agreement for ordinary passport holders and a memorandum of understanding on tourism cooperation on the occasion of the visit will open up more opportunities for people-to-people exchanges, promote tourism cooperation and trade between the two countries.
On this occasion, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh thanked the State and government of Kazakhstan for their attention and support for Vietnamese citizens to live, work and study stably in Kazakhstan, and proposed to continue creating favorable conditions for Vietnamese enterprises to invest and do business here.
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