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| Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan had bilateral meetings with UN Secretary-General António Guterres, met with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber on January 20. (Source: VNA) |
At the meeting with UN Secretary-General António Guterres, the Vice President expressed his pleasure at meeting Mr. António Guterres and highly appreciated the important role and contributions of the Secretary-General and the United Nations to the peace, security and development process in the world in the context of many current challenges. The Vice President recalled the good impressions of the leaders of the Party, State and people of Vietnam on the visit of the UN Secretary-General to Vietnam (October 2022) and affirmed that Vietnam always strongly supports multilateralism and the global governance system with the United Nations playing a central role, supporting the efforts and initiatives of the Secretary-General for peace, reconciliation and strengthening strategic trust among countries.
The Vice President stressed that Vietnam is always determined to make active and responsible contributions to the common work of the United Nations, including the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 and striving to achieve zero net emissions by 2050. In this process, Vietnam hopes to continue receiving effective cooperation and support from the United Nations, especially in accessing finance, technology, and human resource training. The Vice President asked the UN Secretary-General to pay attention to and create favorable conditions for developing countries to promote their role and voice in participating in solving global issues.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated his deep affection for the country and people of Vietnam and respectfully conveyed his best regards to General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, President Vo Van Thuong and the leaders of the Party and State of Vietnam. Mr. António Guterres affirmed that Vietnam is a model of a country that has experienced much pain and loss due to war, and is now rising to become a pillar to promote world peace. The UN Secretary-General emphasized that the United Nations is ready to develop multifaceted cooperation with Vietnam and hopes that Vietnam will continue to make effective contributions to major processes of the United Nations in the coming time, including the 2024 Future Summit, towards a more peaceful, sustainable and equitable world order.
On this occasion, the two leaders shared common views and assessments on the role of multilateralism, the need to reform international financial institutions and strengthen ASEAN-UN cooperation for peace and stability in Southeast Asia, including the East Sea issue.
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| Panorama of the opening session of the 19th Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Kampala, Uganda. (Source: VNA) |
Meeting with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan expressed her joy at visiting the beautiful and hospitable country of Uganda for the first time, thanked the high-ranking leaders and people of Uganda for their warm and friendly welcome to the delegation, appreciated Uganda's role and important contributions to international forums, and expressed her belief that Uganda will successfully fulfill its role as Chair of the Non-Aligned Movement for the 2023-2026 term and Chair of the Group of 77 and China in 2024, as well as soon complete the goals in the Uganda Vision 2040 on building a developed and prosperous country.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni welcomed Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan and the Vietnamese delegation to the 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement. The President recalled his deep impressions of his visit to Vietnam in November 2022, expressing his admiration for the history of the struggle for national liberation and Vietnamese leaders such as President Ho Chi Minh, General Vo Nguyen Giap, Prime Minister Pham Van Dong, Vice President Nguyen Thi Binh, etc., while affirming his desire to further promote the traditional relationship and friendly cooperation between Vietnam and Uganda.
In a sincere and open atmosphere, Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan and the President of Uganda discussed and agreed on specific directions to deepen and effectively enhance bilateral cooperation in all fields.
In terms of politics and diplomacy, the two sides affirmed the importance of increasing delegation exchanges to increase understanding and political trust, creating momentum for economic cooperation; agreed to continue to closely coordinate and support each other at multilateral forums, especially the United Nations, the Non-Aligned Movement as well as at important organizations in the two regions such as the African Union (AU) and ASEAN. On this occasion, the Vice President asked Uganda to support ASEAN's common stance on resolving disputes in the East Sea issue by peaceful means, respecting international law.
Regarding economic cooperation, the two sides agreed to actively implement the results of President Yoweri Museveni's visit to Vietnam, increase the exchange of business delegations, coordinate the organization of investment and trade promotion events, and improve the effectiveness of cooperation in the agricultural sector. President Yoweri Museveni highly appreciated Vietnam's capacity in information technology and expressed his wish that Vietnam would support Uganda in digital transformation, training high-quality human resources in technology, automation, artificial intelligence, etc. In the field of telecommunications, the Vice President asked Uganda to create conditions for large Vietnamese corporations such as Viettel to seek investment opportunities in Uganda.
The two sides agreed to promote negotiations and sign important bilateral cooperation documents, including the Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement and the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement, thereby perfecting the legal framework to promote bilateral cooperation, especially in the economic field.
Within the framework of Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan's activities in Uganda, on January 19, 2024, the Vietnam Federation of Commerce and Industry signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation with the Uganda Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Receiving the President of the Uganda Chamber of Commerce and Industry after the signing ceremony, the Vice President highly appreciated the signing of the cooperation MOU, suggesting that the two sides develop a specific plan to effectively implement the MOU, especially in connecting and supporting businesses, providing information on the market, and business and investment policies of each country, thereby creating a breakthrough for economic cooperation.
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| Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan speaks at the plenary session of the 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement. (Source: VNA) |
At the meeting with Iranian Vice President Mohammad Mokhber, in a friendly and open atmosphere, the two leaders highly appreciated the positive developments in the Vietnam-Iran relationship in recent times and agreed to strengthen coordination of positions at multilateral forums for the sake of peace, stability and sustainable development in the region and the world. Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan affirmed that Vietnam always attaches importance to the friendship and multi-faceted cooperation with Iran, one of Vietnam's important partners in the Middle East, and the two sides need to continue to coordinate closely to implement the agreements reached during the official visit to Iran by National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (August 2023) on the occasion of the two countries celebrating the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations (1973-2023). The Vice President proposed that relevant ministries and sectors of the two countries continue to review and update cooperation mechanisms and soon organize the 10th meeting of the Vietnam-Iran Intergovernmental Committee to remove obstacles and facilitate economic, trade and investment cooperation.
First Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Mokhber affirmed that based on the similar values in the development history of the two countries and two peoples, Iran always considers Vietnam an important partner in Southeast Asia. Mr. Mohammad Mokhber completely agreed with the proposal of Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan on promoting economic and trade relations commensurate with the potential of the two countries, while expanding cooperation in other areas of mutual interest such as science and technology, education and training, people-to-people exchange, and local cooperation. Mr. Mohammad Mokhber expressed his wish to visit Vietnam to contribute to deepening and making the relationship between the two countries more effective.
On this occasion, the two sides discussed a number of international and regional issues of mutual concern, including the situation in the Middle East and the East Sea issue.
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