Vietnam wants to continue promoting cooperation with UN: Diplomat

Ambassador Mai Phan Dung, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), World Trade Organisation (WTO), and other international organisations in Geneva, Switzerland, on February 29 presented his credentials to Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva Tatiana Valovaya.
Vietnam wants to continue promoting cooperation with UN: Diplomat ảnh 1The headquarters of the UN Office in Geneva. (Photo: un.org)

Geneva (VNA) – Ambassador MaiPhan Dung, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN),World Trade Organisation (WTO), and other international organisations inGeneva, Switzerland, on February 29 presented his credentials toDirector-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva TatianaValovaya.

At the meeting with the UN official, Dung affirmed that Vietnam will always be an active andresponsible member of multilateral forums, especially the UN, through effective and substantivecontributions in all aspects.

Vietnam wants to continue promoting cooperation with UN: Diplomat ảnh 2Ambassador Mai Phan Dung, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), World Trade Organisation (WTO) and Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva Tatiana Valovaya. (Photo: VNA)

He highly appreciated the role of Valovaya, the first woman to hold the position of Director-General of the UN Office in Geneva, and thanked the office in general and the official in particular for always creating favourable conditions to connect and support Vietnam inmultilateral diplomatic activities.

For her part, Valovaya congratulated theVietnamese Ambassador on his new position at the UN, expressing herappreciation for Vietnam's role and cooperation with the UN in general as wellas cooperation between the permanent mission of Vietnam and her office inparticular in many fields, especially sustainable development.

Valovaya emphasised that Vietnam is always atrusted partner, an active member, and has many important contributions to implementing UN missions as UN Secretary-General António Guterres affirmed in his meeting with Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on the sidelines ofthe 55th High-Level Meeting of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on February26.

Valovaya expressed her deep impression ofVietnam and its people during her first visit to Vietnam in October 2023. The official said she wants to continue cooperating with Vietnam on many other projectsin the coming time.

Dung thanked Valovaya for her good assessmentsand sentiments for Vietnam and said he will try to continue promoting thecooperation between Vietnam and the UN during his term, especially when Vietnamis serving as a member of the UNHRC for the 2023-2025 tenure and running forre-election as a member of the council for the 2026-2028 tenure./

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