NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (R) and Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou. (Photo: VNA) At a meeting with the top Vietnamese legislator in Montevideoon April 27 (local time), President Lacalle Pou spoke highly of Vietnam'sdetermination to enhance the bilateral relationship through the organisation of the ongoing visit with the participation of high-ranking leaders of the Party, State, Government, and importantpolitical organisations to Uruguay, as well as the practical and effective working schedule.
He highlighted the significance of NA Chairman’s Hue official visit to Uruguaywhen the two nations are celebrating the 30th founding anniversaryof diplomatic ties (August 11, 1993-2023) this year, stressing that Vietnam’sachievements during its national construction and development process havecontributed to improving Vietnam's position in the region and on theinternational arena.
The President affirmed that Uruguay supports multilateralism and iswilling to expand relations with partners outside the region in order todiversify economic, trade, and investment relations.
Uruguay is ready to serve as a gateway for Vietnam and ASEAN to access the SouthernCommon Market (MERCOSUR - including Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay),thus facilitating business and investment activities of enterprises of bothsides, he said.
President Lacalle Pou expressed his hope that Vietnam will open itsembassy in Montevideo soon and support Uruguayto join the Comprehensive andProgressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the candidacy of Uruguay and the three MERCOSUR member nations to co-host World Cup in 2030.
For his part, NA Chairman Hue affirmed that Vietnam always attachesimportance to its friendly relationship and cooperation with Uruguay, andappreciates the solidarity and support of the Uruguayan people for Vietnam duringthe struggle for national independence and liberation in the past, and the process of nationalconstruction and development at present.
The top legislator congratulated the Uruguayan government on its important achievements, especially in economic development, social stability and COVID-19control, saying that these have contributed to improving the role and positionof Uruguay in the region and the world.
He suggested Uruguay continues to support and promote the earlycompletion of the internal consultation process among the MERCOSUR members so as to start negotiations on the Vietnam-MERCOSUR Free Trade Agreement, towards furtherexpanding the bilateral trade to be commensurate with the good politicalrelations between the two countries.
Chairman Hue took this occasion to convey the regards from leaders of theVietnamese Party, State and Government to President Lacalle Pou, and President VoVan Thuong’s invitation to the Uruguayan President to visit Vietnam in the timeto come.
The two leaders said they are pleased to see that theVietnam-Uruguay relationship has continued to develop fruitfully with cooperationmechanisms being maintained effectively.
The two countries have maintained close coordination andexchanges at important international forums and multilateral organisationsaround the world, especially the United Nations (UN), the World Trade Organisation,the Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC), they noted.
They agreed to jointly protect the principles and values of multilateralism amid complicated and unpredictable developments in the world, consequences causedby the COVID-19 pandemic, and geopolitical and armed conflicts in some regions ofthe world.
The same day, NA Chairman Hue received Uruguayan Acting ForeignMinister Nicolás Albertoni.
Within the framework of his trip, the top Vietnamese legislator witnessedthe signing of the minutes of the thirdmeeting of the Vietnam - Uruguay Joint Committee for Economic, Trade andInvestment Cooperation, which was co-chaired by Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry and TradeDo Thang Hai and Nicolás Albertoni on April 14. /.
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