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| President Vo Van Thuong and President Alexander Van der Bellen hold a press conference after their talks on July 24. (Photo: Nguyen Hong) |
The President of Austria expressed his appreciation for President Vo Van Thuong choosing Austria as the first European country to visit in his new position. President Vo Van Thuong expressed his sincere thanks to the President and his wife for their good feelings and warm and respectful welcome to the President, his wife and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation.
The two leaders agreed that after more than 50 years of establishing diplomatic relations, the traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and Austria are developing well and dynamically. And at the talks, the two leaders discussed many measures to promote the results of the traditional relationship over the past 50 years, looking to the future, and developing the relationship between the two countries even better.
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| The Austrian President expressed his appreciation for President Vo Van Thuong choosing Austria as the first European country to visit in his new position. (Photo: Nguyen Hong) |
President Vo Van Thuong said that Austria is always among the top 10 export markets of Vietnam in Europe. Vietnam is an important trade partner of Austria in Southeast Asia. Cooperation in other fields such as culture, education, science and technology has developed substantially and effectively.
On this occasion, President Vo Van Thuong respectfully invited President Alexander Van der Bellen and his wife to soon visit Vietnam, continuing to promote relations between the two countries:
“I believe that my visit to Austria this time will create new momentum, enhance mutual understanding and trust, and lay the foundation for the relationship between the two countries to develop strongly in the future,” said the President.
President Vo Van Thuong said that he and the Austrian leader agreed on measures to further promote relations between the two countries in the coming period in all areas from politics, foreign affairs; trade and investment cooperation; culture, sports, tourism; science - technology and people-to-people exchange.
President Vo Van Thuong emphasized: “We also share about regional and international issues. Vietnam pursues an independent, self-reliant, diversified and multilateral foreign policy. Vietnam wants to be a friend and reliable partner of all countries, an active and responsible member of the international community.”
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| The President believes that my visit to Austria this time will create new momentum, enhance mutual understanding and trust, and lay a foundation for the relationship between Vietnam and Austria to develop strongly in the future. (Photo: Nguyen Hong) |
For his part, Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen said that the two leaders discussed many measures towards a bright future for Vietnam-Austria relations.
“The President and I discussed bilateral cooperation measures. Vietnam is Austria's most important partner in Southeast Asia, with bilateral trade turnover last year reaching a record 2.79 billion Euros,” the Austrian President said.
Vietnam has a high proportion of young people, is a very attractive market, and attracts many businesses. 50 Austrian businesses are operating in Vietnam and the investment capital is about 500 million Euros. This is a good number, but the potential for cooperation is still very large. The same goes for Vietnam's investment potential in Austria. The two countries have had various cooperation agreements, such as dual training, continuing preferential loans to implement Austria's sustainable development projects in Vietnam.
The Austrian leader also shared that bilateral relations are developing very dynamically and Vietnam is an important partner of the EU in Asia, especially after the EVFTA Agreement came into effect, contributing significantly to the economy and trade of both sides. The good cooperation between the EU and Vietnam is not only in the economic field but also in the fields of climate change response, environment and human development.
At the press conference, regarding the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the two leaders said that both sides agreed to support resolving the conflict by peaceful means, on the basis of respect for the United Nations Charter and international law.
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