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Prime Minister meets with President of Kazakhstan

Vietnam always values its friendship with traditional partner countries in the Central Asia, including Kazakhstan, and wants to enhance multifaceted cooperation between the two nations for the mutual benefit of both countries and their people, affirmed Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at his meeting with visiting Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in Hanoi on August 21.
Prime Minister meets with President of Kazakhstan ảnh 1Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) and visiting Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at their meeting in Hanoi on August 21. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam always values its friendship with traditional partner countries in the Central Asia, includingKazakhstan, and wants to enhance multifaceted cooperation between the twonations for the mutual benefit of both countries and their people, affirmed PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh at his meeting with visiting Kazakh President Kassym-JomartTokayev in Hanoi on August 21.

Commending positive developments in the bilateralrelationship, particularly in politics, diplomacy, economy, and trade, the PMsuggested that both sides increase their exchange of visits and meetings at alllevels, and continue to support each other at multilateral forums and internationalorganisations, especially the United Nations and Conference on Interaction andConfidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA).

The Kazakh President stated that Kazakhstan regards Vietnamas an important partner in the Asia-Pacific region and hopes to furtherstrengthen the traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation with the Southeast Asian country, particularly in economy, trade, and investment, based on shared valuesand interests.

Chinh praised the nations’ effective implementation of the freetrade agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).He also noted that there remain untapped potential and ample room for the sides to complementeach other and develop together.

He suggested Kazakhstan continue to create favourableconditions for strong Vietnamese goods such as agro-fishery products, textiles,and woodwork to access the Kazakh market. Both sides should collaborate to speed up the amendment of the FTA to further facilitate bilateral tradeand investment.

In response, Tokayev assured that he will direct the KazakhGovernment to focus on enhancing cooperation in the fields mentioned by Chinh,particularly transport, logistics, culture, tourism, finance,and digital transformation. He expressed his wish to further promote the roleof the Vietnam-Kazakhstan intergovernmental committee on economic-trade and sci-techcooperation and push for the implementation of specific projects between the two nations.

Chinh hoped that in addition to the signing of the mutualvisa exemption agreement for ordinary passport holders and the memorandum of understandingon tourism cooperation, the President’s visit will open up more opportunitiesfor people-to-people exchanges, promote tourism cooperation, and facilitatetrade between the nations.

On the occasion, the PM thanked Kazakhstan for its support for Vietnamese citizens living, working, and studying inKazakhstan. He urged continued favourable conditions created for Vietnameseenterprises to invest and do business there./.
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