Vietnam, Venezuela hold eighth deputy ministerial-level political consultation
Hanoi (VNA) – Permanent Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and his Venezuelan counterpart Ruben Dario Molina conducted the eighth deputy ministerial-level political
consultation via a video conference on September 17.
Son shared about Vietnam’s
socio-economic situation, experience in coping with COVID-19 pandemic as well
as measures to recover the economy and ensure social welfares following the
outbreak.
Molina, for his part,
informed the Vietnamese Deputy FM about the Venezuelan Government’s measures to
maintain political security and continue socio-economic development amid
current challenges.
He affirmed that
Venezuela highly values Vietnam’s impressive socio-economic achievements and
wishes to learn about Vietnam’s experience in national renovation and development
process.
Both sides expressed
their delight at maintained bilateral traditional relationship via visits and cooperation
mechanisms. They agreed to continue working closely together to maintain the
development of bilateral comprehensive partnership, including promoting the implementation of the
Inter-Governmental Committee mechanism; strengthening dialogue and connectivity
to boost trade and cooperation in national defence, agriculture and health care; joining hands to tackle difficulties faced by investment projects; and offering mutual support at
international organisations and multilateral forums.
On the basis of mutual
trust, they extensively discussed regional and global issues of common concern
and shared the view that disputes among nations should be settled via peaceful
means in line with international law./.