President Vo Van Thuong (R) and President of Côte d’Ivoire’s National Assembly Adama Bictogo (Photo: VNA) President Thuong told his guest that Vietnam attaches importance to promoting its friendship and cooperation with African friends, of which Côte d’Ivoire is identified as one of its important partners.
Highlighting positive progress in the bilateral relations, particularly in politics-diplomacy and economy, theState leader held that there remains large room for the two nations to further develop their cooperative ties.
He recommended the two sides to increase delegation exchanges and high-level meetings; further closely coordinate and actively support eachother at multilateral forums; and prioritise the promotion of economiccooperation to make it commensurate with their sound political ties and significant potential.
The growing ties of the two parliaments have created favourable conditions for economic collaboration, President Thuong said, lauding theoutcomes of Bictogo’s talks with Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman VuongDinh Hue and meetings with other leaders.
For his part, Bictogo said Vietnam and Côte d’Ivoire, which share similarities in economic development, should work more closely togetherand create a safe, favourable and trustworthy business climate given difficultiesand challenges brought about by global issues.
Côte d’Ivoire welcomes Vietnamese firms to study itsmarket for cooperation and investment opportunities, particularly in processingtechnology and exports, the top legislator affirmed.
Both host and guest expressed their belief that the signingand implementation of a memorandum of understanding between the two parliamentswill help deepen the two nations’ friendship and multifaceted collaboration in thetime to come.
They agreed to further beef up bilateral trade ties in a sustainable andbalanced manner, and create conditions for the two sides’ expansion of exports toeach other's market as well as to those in ASEAN and Africa.
The two leaders alsoaffirmed that priority should be given to promoting and expanding cooperation inthe fields of agriculture and investment./.
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