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VN, New Zealand hold political consultation

Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Dao Viet Trung and Secretary of New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade John Allen co-chaired the eighth political consultation in Hanoi on April 18.
Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Dao Viet Trung and Secretary of NewZealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade John Allen co-chairedthe eighth political consultation in Hanoi on April 18.

During the talks, the two sides informed each other about diplomaticpolicies of their respective countries as well as discussinginternational and regional issues of mutual concern.

Deputy FM Trung said Vietnam continues to pursue its foreign policy ofopenness, diversification and multilateralisation to proactivelyintegrate into the world, underlining that the country attaches muchimportance to its comprehensive partnership with New Zealand.

Theofficials screened the implementation of the Vietnam-New Zealand ActionPlan in the 2010-2013 period and both were pleased with positiveoutcomes attained in the fields of politics, economy, security, defence,education and labour affairs.

They also talked about furthercooperation between the two foreign ministries, agreeing to coordinatemore closely in the implementation of the 2010-2013 Vietnam-New ZealandAction Plan and preparations for the upcoming high-ranking visits.

Secretary Allen affirmed that the New Zealand Foreign Ministry would increase English skills training to Vietnamese officials.

They agreed to strengthen cooperation in international and regionalforums, such as the East Asian Summit (EAS), the ASEAN Regional Forum(ARF), the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC), theAsia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), the Trans-Pacific Strategic EconomicPartnership (TPP) and the United Nations.

At the consultation,Secretary Allen passed on Prime Minister John Key’s letter to PrimeMinister Nguyen Tan Dung to thank him for the Vietnamese Government’sprovision of 50,000 USD as emergency aid to New Zealand to help itrecover from the consequences of a major earthquake in Christchurch.

The two officials agreed to convene the 9 th political consultation in New Zealand in 2013./.
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