According to the special correspondent of VNA, on the morning of October 8, right after arriving in Vientiane, Laos to attend the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh meets with Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone, ASEAN Chair 2024. Photo: Duong Giang/VNA
At the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh thanked Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone for his warm, friendly, respectful and thoughtful reception of the Vietnamese delegation; affirmed that Vietnam especially values and gives the highest priority to the great relationship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation with Laos, always striving to foster and further develop the Vietnam - Laos relationship sustainably and in greater depth. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that the relationship between the two countries is at the highest level of trust and attachment, more effective economic and trade cooperation, closer defense and security cooperation, stronger cultural and tourism cooperation, and more substantive local cooperation; said that this meeting is a good opportunity for the two Prime Ministers to discuss specific measures to realize the direction of the two Politburoes at the meeting nearly a month ago. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that in the coming time, the two sides need to continue to strengthen effective cooperation in the fields of digital transformation, green transformation, circular economy, agriculture, high-tech livestock farming, ensuring food security; focusing on training high-quality human resources, coordinating to preserve and protect relics marking the special solidarity relationship between Vietnam and Laos; hoping that Laos will continue to create favorable conditions for Vietnamese enterprises to do business in Laos. Impressed by the careful preparation in all aspects for the ASEAN Summit, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highly appreciated Laos' role as ASEAN Chair 2024; expressing his wish that the two countries will coordinate more closely with each other and with ASEAN member countries to maintain and strengthen ASEAN's solidarity and consensus, ensuring that ASEAN demonstrates a unified stance on regional issues. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed that at the ASEAN Summit to be held on October 9, 2024 as well as the 45th ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA - 45) to be held 10 days later, Vietnam is ready to strengthen coordination with Laos and other countries to ensure the success of these conferences, contributing to promoting the prestige of Laos and the solidarity and consensus of ASEAN.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh meets with Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone. Photo: Duong Giang/VNA
Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone agreed with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's assessment of the bilateral relationship; sincerely thanked Vietnam for its wholehearted assistance and selfless, pure support for Laos in the past struggle for national liberation, as well as in the country's development today; emphasized that the two sides' concern, visits and mutual support to overcome the effects of recent natural disasters demonstrated the close comradely and brotherly affection, the tradition of mutual love between the two peoples; affirmed that the Lao Government will closely coordinate with the Vietnamese Government to effectively and on schedule implement projects of Vietnamese enterprises investing in Laos. Regarding the direction of cooperation in the coming time, the two Prime Ministers agreed to closely coordinate to effectively implement high-level agreements of the two countries, including the results of the recent meeting between the two Politburoes of Vietnam and Laos; continue to increase the exchange of delegations at all levels and through channels to continuously consolidate the special and strong political relationship of trust; coordinate to ensure security, order and social safety; strengthen security and defense cooperation; enhance comprehensive connectivity between the two economies, especially infrastructure, transportation, investment and tourism. In the context of the complicated and volatile world situation with many challenges intertwined with opportunities, the two Prime Ministers emphasized the value of the solidarity between Vietnam - Laos, Vietnam - Laos - Cambodia; agreed to continue to coordinate with Cambodia to make the cooperation between the three countries more substantive and effective, meeting the practical needs of the three countries and in line with the development needs in the new period. Source: https://baotintuc.vn/thoi-su/thu-tuong-pham-minh-chinh-gap-thu-tuong-lao-sonexay-siphandone-20241008142616233.htm
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