Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son (R) and Mongolian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Batsumber Munkhjin. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son hosted a receptionin Hanoi on September 23 for Mongolian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs BatsumberMunkhjin, who came to Vietnam to co-chair a political consultationbetween the two foreign ministries.
Son affirmed that Vietnam always treasures and wants to further develop ties with Mongolia.
He suggested the twoforeign ministries work as bridges to urge ministries, sectors and localities of Vietnam and Mongolia to increase exchanges and effectively implement bilateral and multilateral cooperation agreements, especially in economy,trade and investment, as well as jointly hold celebrations for the 70th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties in 2024.
Munkhjin, for hispart, affirmed that the Mongolian Ministry of Foreign Affairs will actively work with theVietnamese counterpart and agencies concerned to step up bilateral tieseffectively as agreed by senior leaders of the two countries.
The same day, PermanentDeputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu and Mongolian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Batsumber Munkhjinco-chaired the 10th political consultation between the two foreign ministries.
Both sides said they treasured and wished to further develop bilateral ties in fields that match eachcountry’s conditions and interests, contributing to maintaining peace,stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world.
Vu suggestedmaintaining the exchange of delegations and meetings at all levels, and paying attention to bolstering ties via Party and parliamentarychannels as well as people-to-people exchanges.
Mongolia considersVietnam a major partner in Southeast Asia, Munkhjin said.
He vowed to jointly holdcelebrations for the 70th anniversary of diplomatic ties in 2024,further improve the efficiency of defence-security ties and create favourableconditions for representative agencies in Vietnam and Mongolia.
They promised toactively and effectively realise agreements reached at the 18th meeting of the Vietnam-Mongolia Inter-Governmental Committee for Commercial,Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation held in September 2022.
Vu stressed thatVietnam is a suitable partner to help Mongolia diversify its export-import markets, adding that both sides need to seek opportunities to lift two-way trade in the near future.He also proposed Mongolia assist Vietnam in sending labourers to work in the country.
The Munkhjin agreed toaccelerate talks for the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on rice tradebetween the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade and the MongolianMinistry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry as soon as possible. He alsoconsented to further boost bilateral educational and cultural cooperation.
On regional and globalissues, the two sides shared the view that disputes in the East Sea must be settled bypeaceful measures via dialogue and on the basis of international law, including the 1982United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), not use and threaten to use force, and not have acts to complicate the situation.
The Vietnamese side agreed to help Mongolia strengthen cooperation with ASEAN,APEC and other cooperation mechanisms and frameworks./.
