Poland treasures ties with Vietnam

The Polish Government continually attaches importance to developing its traditional relations and multifaceted cooperation with Vietnam, Polish officials told Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son.
The Polish Government continually attaches importance to developing itstraditional relations and multifaceted cooperation with Vietnam,Polish officials told Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son.

Son, who was on a working visit to Poland from April 8-10at the invitation of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, held apolitical consultation with his Polish counterpart Katarzyna Kacperczykand met with a number of other Polish officials.

Polishofficials praised Vietnam’s achievements after nearly 30 years of reformas well as its increasing position in the global arena.

They stated that Poland will enhance links with Vietnam atinternational forums, especially the United Nations, Asia-Europe Meeting(ASEM) and within the ASEAN-European Union (EU) cooperation, affirmingthat Poland supports the rapid completion of negotiations towardssigning the EU-Vietnam free trade agreement (EVFTA).

The twosides agreed to promote all-level visit exchanges to step up bilateralcooperation in trade-investment, education-training, defence, food,information technology and pharmaceuticals.

They highlighted theincreasingly fruitful development in trade and investment cooperationbetween the two countries while concurring with the plan to set up anInter-governmental committee for Vietnam-Poland economic cooperation.

The Polish side spoke of the contributions from the overseas Vietnamese community to the European country’s cultural diversity.

Inregards to East Sea related-issues, Poland asserted that it continuesto back the resolution of disputes through peaceful means in line withinternational law and supports the role played by internationalcommunities, especially the UN, in mitigating these disputes.-VNA

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