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Senior officials talk ways to boost Vietnam-Finland relations

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto expressed their delight at the positive development of relations between the two nations during their phone talks on December 22.
Senior officials talk ways to boost Vietnam-Finland relations ảnh 1Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – VietnameseDeputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Finnish ForeignMinister Pekka Haavisto expressed their delight at the positive development of relationsbetween the two nations during their phone talks on December 22.

Haavisto congratulated Vietnam on its successfulcontainment of COVID-19 and voiced his belief that both sides will overcomenegative impacts of the pandemic to foster bilateral ties more strongly in thetime to come.

The two officials agreed that Vietnam andFinland will resume mutual visits as soon as conditions allow while stillmaintaining bilateral cooperation mechanisms. 

Minh and Haavisto also discussed measures tobolster bilateral economic, trade and investment links as the European Union-VietnamFree Trade Agreement (EVFTA) has come into force, along with ways to strengthencooperation in highly potential areas such as education-training,science-technology, development cooperation, and the environment.

The Finnish minister congratulated Vietnam onits successful performance as Chair of ASEAN in 2020 while highly valuing thecountry’s role, position, and efforts as a non-permanent member of the UNSecurity Council for 2020-2021.

Minh asked Finland to keepsupporting, assisting, and sharing with Vietnam in issues of common concernwithin the frameworks of the UN and other multilateral forums.

He stressed that Vietnam is ready to act as atrustworthy bridge between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)and the EU./.
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