Vietnam, New Zealand foreign ministries forge coordination

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of New Zealand Winston Peters have agreed to foster coordination between the two foreign ministries so as to strengthen cooperation between the two nations.
Vietnam, New Zealand foreign ministries forge coordination ảnh 1Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son holds phone talks with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of New Zealand Winston Peters. (Photo: Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese Minister ofForeign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister forForeign Affairs of New Zealand Winston Peters have agreed to foster coordinationbetween the two foreign ministries so as to strengthen cooperation between the two nations.

In their phone talks on January 24, the officials rejoiced at the fruitful, intensive andextensive development of the Vietnam-New Zealand strategic partnership over thepast time, and consented to expand high-level delegation exchanges andcontacts, and effectively implement the action plan materialising the strategicpartnership for 2021-2024, and soon negotiate and sign another plan for the newperiod.

The two sides will also enhance cooperation in tradeand investment, optimise the efficiency of the Joint Committee for Economic and Trade Cooperation,and step up people-to-people exchanges through collaboration in education,labour and tourism.

They will closely coordinate to prepare for the upcomingvisits by the two countries’ leaders, helping to boost the bilateralrelations in the new period.

Peters affirmedthat Vietnam is an important partner of New Zealand in the region in terms of bothgeo-politics and economy, noting the two countries share many viewpoints on regionaland international issues.

He suggested the two countries expand cooperation in newareas such as climate change response and digital transformation.

The two sides also concurred to forge coordination andcooperation at multilateral forums, especially the United Nations, theAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and ASEAN-led mechanisms.

For his part, Son pledged that as the coordinatorfor the ASEAN - New Zealand relations, Vietnam will work to promote practical cooperation programmes between the two sides.

On this occasion, Son invited Peters to soon pay a visitto Vietnam./.
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