Vietnamese Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai (left) and Director-General of the UN Office Tatiana Valovaya (Photo: VNA)
Geneva (VNA) – Director-General of the UN Office TatianaValovaya spoke highly of Vietnam’s role and cooperation with the UN in variousareas during a meeting with a Vietnamese ambassador in Geneva,Switzerland on February 10.
The meeting took place right after Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, new Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) andother international organisations in Geneva, conveyed her credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
Valovaya hoped that in Mai’s term of office,Vietnam will continue making contributions to the UN and fostering ties betweenthe UN and ASEAN for peace, security, sustainable development and prosperityfor all nations.
The Vietnamese diplomat said she is honoured to takeover the new role at the time when Vietnam holds a non-permanent seat at the UNSecurity Council for the 2020 – 2021 term and ASEAN Chair in 2020.
Promoting the tieswith the UN is always a top priorityin Vietnam’s foreign policy and the country is doing its best to be an active and responsible UN member who effectively contributes to the UN and otherinternational organisations as well as beef up relations between the UN and ASEAN, she said.
She also looked forward to receiving continued support and cooperation of theUN Office to fulfill her mission./.
