Bhutanese King's visit creates opportunity to deepen multifaceted cooperation: Party chief
The Party chief believed that the King's visit, accompanied by many high-ranking Bhutanese officials, is an important milestone, creating an opportunity to deepen the friendship and multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and Bhutan more practically and effectively, meeting the interests of the two countries' people, and contributing responsibly to peace, stability and sustainable development in the region and the world.
Party General Secretary To Lam (R) receives King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck in Hanoi on August 19. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA)⛄ – General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam hosted a reception in Hanoi on August 19 for Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck who is paying a state visit to Vietnam.
At the reception, General Secretary Lam warmly welcomed the King and Queen of Bhutan to Vietnam and highly appreciated the significance of the first visit by a head of state between the two countries since they established their diplomatic relations.
The Party chief believed that the King's visit, accompanied by many high-ranking Bhutanese officials, is an important milestone, creating an opportunity to deepen the friendship and multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and Bhutan more practically and effectively, meeting the interests of the two countries' people, and contributing responsibly to peace, stability and sustainable development in the region and the world.
General Secretary Lam congratulated Bhutan on its impressive development achievements in national construction and development under the reign and leadership of the King. The Vietnamese leader applauded Bhutan's development model with its own unique characteristics that are admired by the world for its emphasis on environmental protection, preservation of cultural heritage and happiness for its people, making it one of the happiest countries in the world. It is a strategic and wise development vision, he noted.
The General Secretary said that the two countries share many similarities in development orientations and goals, and this creates conditions for strengthening bilateral cooperation in the coming time. He also affirmed that Vietnam always supports Bhutan's development orientations and goals.
For his part, the Bhutanese King expressed his pleasure in paying his first state visit to Vietnam, sincerely thanked the General Secretary, senior leaders and people of Vietnam for their warm and respectful welcome, and admired the resilient and indomitable spirit of the Vietnamese people in the past struggle for national independence and Vietnam's remarkable achievements in economic development today.
The King expressed his admiration for the vision, strategy and development orientation set forth by the Party General Secretary and Vietnamese leaders, and firmly believed that Vietnam would realise its development goals. He emphasised that Bhutan considers Vietnam one of its top priority partners in Southeast Asia, and wishes to strengthen multifaceted cooperation, and share and learn from Vietnam's experiences.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam hosts a reception in Hanoi on August 19 for Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. (Photo: VNA)
The two leaders expressed their satisfaction with the positive development of the friendship between Vietnam and Bhutan over more than a decade of establishing diplomatic relations. The two sides emphasised that friendship and common points in culture and development philosophy are important foundations to continue to effectively exploit the potential and strengths of each country and promote extensive cooperation in the coming time, bringing common benefits and contributing to development, peace and stability in the region and the world.
General Secretary Lam welcomed the results of the earlier talks between King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and State President Luong Cuong, in which the two sides agreed to continue to further strengthen trust and cohesion between the two countries, increase the exchange of high-level delegations, exchange experiences in national governance, create breakthroughs in economic, trade and investment cooperation; further expand cooperation in environmental protection, science and technology, innovation; encourage and promote people-to-people exchanges, cultural and Buddhist exchanges, creating favourable conditions for the people of the two countries to broaden their mutual understanding.
The two leaders agreed to cooperate more closely and increase mutual support at multilateral forums, especially the United Nations. General Secretary Lam welcomed Bhutan to further strengthen its cooperative relations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)./.
President Cuong believed that this historic visit by the King and Queen of Bhutan will create new momentum for the two countries to cooperate substantially, effectively, and for mutual benefit, for the happiness of the people, the prosperity of the two nations, contributing to peace, stability, and prosperity in the region and the world.
Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck underlined that while Bhutan and Vietnam are geographically distant and culturally different, both countries share a strong commitment to Buddhist values of peace, wisdom, compassion, and tolerance. She expressed her honour at visiting the ancient pagoda and her hope for future exchanges, including visits by Vietnamese monks to Bhutan.
This is the first state visit to Vietnam by the King and Queen of Bhutan since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 2012, marking an important milestone in bilateral relations.
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