The Mongolian President's visit to Vietnam is an important milestone, opening a new page in Vietnam - Mongolia relations on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations.
On the afternoon of November 1, Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh and his wife Bolortsetseg Luvsandorj arrived in Hanoi, starting a State visit to Vietnam from November 1-5. The visit was made at the invitation of President Vo Van Thuong and his wife.
Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh and his wife Bolortsetseg Luvsandorj have arrived in Hanoi. Photo: Accompanying reporters
The visit is an important highlight as the two countries are about to celebrate the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations in 2024. This is the fourth state visit by the head of state of Mongolia to Vietnam after 10 years since the visit of President Ts. Elbegdorj in November 2013.
Welcoming Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh and his wife Bolortsetseg Luvsandorj at the airport. Photo: Accompanying reporters
Welcoming the President and his wife at the airport were: Head of the Office of the President Le Khanh Hai; Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Tran Sy Thanh; Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu; Vietnamese Ambassador to Mongolia Doan Khanh Tam; Director of the State Protocol Department (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Nguyen Viet Dung; leaders of a number of departments of the Office of the President and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The visit is an important highlight as the two countries are about to celebrate the 70th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations in 2024. Photo: Accompanying reporter
Accompanying the President of Mongolia and his wife were: Foreign Minister Batmunkh Battsetseg; Ambassador of Mongolia to Vietnam Jigjee Sereejav; Vice President of the National Assembly, Member of Parliament Saldan Odontuya; Chief of the President's Office Yangug Sodbaatar; Member of Parliament, Chairman of the Parliament's Committee on Foreign Policy and Security Affairs Byambasuren Enkh-Amgalan; Minister of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry Khayangaa Bolorchuluun; Member of Parliament, Chairman of the Mongolia-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Group Tsevegdorj Tuvaann; Secretary of the Mongolian People's Party Nyamaa Enkhbaatar; members of Parliament; leaders of the Office of the President and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia.
President Vo Van Thuong met with the President of Mongolia on the occasion of the coronation of King Charles III in May.
This afternoon, the Mongolian President and his wife will attend an official welcoming ceremony hosted by President Vo Van Thuong and his wife at the Presidential Palace. After the talks, the two leaders will witness the signing of cooperation agreements between the two countries' ministries and meet the press.
President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh will pay a courtesy call to General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong , meet with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.
Mr. Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh will join President Vo Van Thuong in visiting the Mobile Police Command, attending and speaking at the Vietnam - Mongolia Business Forum with Government leaders.
The Mongolian President and his wife will also lay wreaths and visit President Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum, and lay wreaths at the monument to heroic martyrs.
Economic cooperation between Vietnam and Mongolia has seen positive developments in recent years. Bilateral trade turnover has more than doubled, from 41.4 million USD in 2017 to more than 85 million USD in 2022 and reached about 75 million USD in the first 8 months of 2023.
Before the visit, in response to the press, Vietnamese Ambassador to Mongolia Doan Khanh Tam said that the high-level agreements on cooperation directions between the two countries during this visit will create an important legal basis to help remove difficulties and obstacles, promote cooperation in areas where both sides have strengths such as agriculture, mining, tourism... making practical contributions to balancing the bilateral trade balance.
The Ambassador assessed that the two countries have a lot of potential and advantages to promote cooperation in the fields of agriculture, tourism, education and training, science, information technology, digital transformation, digital economy, energy, oil and gas exploration and processing as well as participating in projects in the fields of energy, renewable energy, wind power and solar power.
Mongolia highly appreciates the rising role and position of Vietnam. In meetings with Vietnamese leaders, Mongolian leaders always affirm that Vietnam is the main and most important partner in foreign policy in the Southeast Asian region, considering Vietnam an important gateway to penetrate the 700 million-people market of ASEAN.
With such vision and determination, Mongolia aims to upgrade relations and comprehensive cooperation with Vietnam, a very important “third neighbor” in Southeast Asia and more broadly, which will be one of the priorities in Mongolia's current foreign policy.
Vietnamnet.vn
Comment (0)