Ecuador eager for higher multifaceted ties with Vietnam

Ecuador wants to ratchet up cooperation with Vietnam in various fields, particularly trade, politics, culture and social issues, Ecuadorian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Integration Ricardo Patino Aroca has said.
Ecuador wants to ratchet up cooperation with Vietnam in various fields,particularly trade, politics, culture and social issues, EcuadorianMinister of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Integration Ricardo Patino Arocahas said.

During the press conference in Hanoi on June 24,Minister Aroca urged the two countries to accelerate cooperation in theareas of their strengths, including trade, investment, agriculture,science and technology, culture and tourism.

Vietnam andEcuador need to devise strategies to facilitate the easier marketpenetration for their signature products to bring maximum benefits fortheir people in return, the Minister said.

Cooperative anddevelopment plans between the two sides should be deployed concretely assoon as possible, Aroca underscored.

In addition to that,regular exchanges on development experience and political and diplomaticties should be enhanced to help realise important trade agreementsrecently signed between the two countries, he noted.

Thevisiting Minister spoke of the effective poverty policies applicable inVietnam for which the two countries’ leaders agreed to hold high-rankingdialogues to share experience in the field.

“In the comingtime, experience sharing between the two countries will be furthered andthis is the purpose of our visit to Vietnam this time,” MinisterRicardo Patino Aroca said.-VNA

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