President urges greater agricultural ties with Saudi
Vietnam and Saudi Arabia should
further strengthen multifaceted cooperation on the basis of each
country’s potential to make the wishes of the two countries’ leaders
come true.
State President Nguyen Minh Triet made the
statement while receiving Industry and Trade Minister Abdullah Bin Ahmed
Zainal Ali Radha and Agriculture Minister Fahad Bin Abdul Rahman
Balganim of Saudi Arabia in Hanoi on March 24.
The State
President said the two countries’ ministries and branches need to seek
specific, new cooperative areas to boost bilateral trade.
He
also affirmed that Vietnam , thanks to its advantages in
agriculture, is willing to help Saudi Arabia ensure food security,
adding he hoped that the Middle East country will assist Vietnam in
ensuring energy security, since it has the world’s largest oil and fuel
reserves.
President Triet asked the two countries to
study possibilities for setting up partnerships in energy and food,
expanding labour cooperation and establishing information supply
channels for businesses.
The visiting ministers said their
visit was aimed at deploying the initiative of their King and
implementing the agreements already signed between the two countries,
especially in agriculture, trade and industry.
They affirmed
that agriculture plays an important part in Saudi Arabia ’s economy,
and as a result, they wished to conduct agricultural projects in
Vietnam in the earliest time frame possible.
The Middle East
country was willing to build long-term strategic relations with Vietnam
in energy, expand labour cooperation and expected that more Saudi
Arabian businesses would invest in Vietnam, the two ministers said./.