Hanoi (VNA) – Newly-appointed Ambassador of Israel to Vietnam NadavEshcar has pledged to do his utmost to promote the cooperation between the twocountries, including the elevation of the defence partnership to a new height.
He made the remark at a meeting with Defence Minister General Ngo Xuan Lich inHanoi on March 27.
General Lich expressed his belief that the ambassador will have a successfultenure in Vietnam and contribute to increasing friendship and defencecooperation between the two countries.
Vietnam and Israel established diplomatic ties on July 12, 1993.
Trade links have grown stably, meeting the demand of both nations’ markets,with Israel one of the countries recognising Vietnam’s full market economy.
In recent years, the two sides have signed various agreements and, includingthe framework agreement on economic, science, technical, agriculture and tradecooperation in 1996, the agreement on double taxation avoidance and contrabandprevention targeting taxes levied on incomes and properties and the memorandumof understanding between the two Ministries of Science and Technology onsci-tech research cooperation in 2009.
Vietnam and Israel also inked a protocol on the establishment of a jointintergovernmental committee in 2013, and a memorandum of understanding oncooperation between their ministries of Foreign Affairs.-VNA
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