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President meets foreign leaders attending state funeral of late Japanese PM

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc held bilateral meetings with some foreign leaders attending the state funeral of late Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo in Tokyo on September 27.
President meets foreign leaders attending state funeral of late Japanese PM ảnh 1President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) and Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen. (Photo: VNA)

Tokyo (VNA) – President Nguyen Xuan Phuc held bilateralmeetings with some foreign leaders attending the state funeral of late JapanesePrime Minister Abe Shinzo in Tokyo on September 27.

At his meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister SamdechTecho Hun Sen, both sides affirmed that they always treasure and give highpriority to maintaining and consolidating the good neighbourliness, traditionalfriendship, comprehensive and long-term sustainable cooperation between thetwo countries.

They discussed ways to promote bilateralties, especially in trade and investment, and exchanged views on theimplementation of the Master Plan on linking the two economies, coordination in realising targets related to building the ASEAN Community, especially during Cambodia’s ASEAN ChairmanshipYear 2022.

Both sides expressed satisfactionabout activities during the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Year 2022 on theoccasion of the 55th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties.

President meets foreign leaders attending state funeral of late Japanese PM ảnh 2In the meeting with President of the European Council Charles Michel (Photo: VNA)

Talking with President ofthe European Council Charles Michel, President Phuc spoke highly of the Vietnam-EUComprehensive Partnership and Cooperation Framework, affirming that Vietnam considersthe EU a top important partner.
 
Vietnam is ready to help bolster ASEAN-EUties and hopes that EU member states will approve the EU-Vietnam Investment ProtectionAgreement (EVIPA) soon, he said.

Michel, for his part, agreedto enhance the exchange of high-level delegations between both sides. Heexpressed readiness to help Vietnam deal with illegal, unreported and undocumentedfishing.

He also suggested Vietnamhelp the EU with cultivating ties with ASEAN and countries in the Asia-Pacificand Indian Ocean.

Both sides pledged to coordinate for successfully holding a summit marking the 45th anniversary of ASEAN-EUties.

President meets foreign leaders attending state funeral of late Japanese PM ảnh 3Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc meets his counterpart of Palau Surangel Whipps Jr. (Photo: VNA)

The Vietnamese President also met with his counterpart of Palau Surangel Whipps Jr, during which they shared the view that the twocountries hold potential for cooperation, especially in investment, climatechange response, labour and fisheries.

Surangel Whipps Jr hailed Vietnamese investors for building infrastructure in Palau and expressedwillingness to receive more Vietnamese workers in this field. He also wished tolearn from Vietnam’s experience in agriculture.

The two sides vowed to stepup collaboration in fishery, agriculture, climate change response, labour,aviation, tourism and people-to-people exchange.

On the occasion, PresidentPhuc also met with Indian PM Narenda Modi, President of Sri Lanka RanilWickremesinghe and PM of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel./.

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