Minister of Foreign Affairs holds talks with Polish counterpart
Vietnam always attaches great importance to and wants to strengthen multifaceted cooperation with Poland, a traditional partner and friend of the Southeast Asian country in Europe, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son said during his talks with his Polish counterpart, Zbigniew Rau, in Hanoi on March 16.
Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau (left) writes in the guestbook. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA)❀ – Vietnam always attaches greatimportance to and wants to strengthen multifaceted cooperation with Poland, atraditional partner and friend of the Southeast Asian country in Europe, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son said during his talks with his Polish counterpart, Zbigniew Rau, in Hanoi on March 16.
Son highly evaluated Rau's visit, describing it as an important milestone in promoting thedevelopment of good traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperationbetween Vietnam and Poland. At the meeting, the two sides held that room remains huge tofurther strengthen their bilateral cooperation as well as measures to boostcollaboration in potential fields in the future. They also agreed to promote the exchange of delegations, closely coordinate and support each other atmultilateral and international forums, including the United Nations, Asia-EuropeMeeting and ASEAN-EU. The two sides highly appreciated that Poland is currentlyVietnam's biggest trading partner in Central Eastern Europe and that Vietnamis Poland's fourth largest trading partner in Asia. Despite being affected bythe COVID-19 pandemic, economic and trade cooperation between the two countrieshas continued to maintain growth momentum in the past two years. Two-way trade turnover between the two countries reached a recordlevel of over 2.5 billion USD in 2021 and 2022. The two ministers also agreed to promote bilateral cooperationin the fields of education and training, agriculture, natural resources -environment, culture, tourism, health and information technology.
Son suggested the two sides work closely to make the best of opportunities from the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), expecting that Poland would create favourable conditions for Vietnam's agricultural and aquatic productsand seasonal tropical fruits to expand their presence in the Polish market.
♍ He also called on Polish businesses to invest infields where Vietnam has demand and Poland has strength such aspharmaceuticals, animal husbandry, food processing and mining.
The Vietnamese minister suggested Poland soon ratify the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA) and prompt the EuropeanCommission (EC) to remove its yellow card warning against Vietnamese seafood exports. Forhis part, Rau expressed his impression of Vietnam's socio-economicdevelopment achievements in recent years and highly appreciated theincreasingly important role and position of the Southeast Asian country in theregion and in the world. He said Poland always treasures and wishes to step up relations with Vietnam, a leading important partner of Poland in Southeast Asia. The Polish diplomat evaluated Vietnam as one of the most potential markets of Poland in Southeast Asia and proposed Vietnam create favourable conditions for Polish products such as beef, poultry and blueberries to enter the Vietnamesemarket. He also expressed his wish that the two sides promote cooperation inthe fields of information technology, smart city, green technology and environmentalprotection. Son took this occasion to thank the Polish Government forcreating favourable conditions for the Vietnamese community to integrate andlive stably in Poland. A memorandum of understanding between the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam and the Polish DiplomaticAcademy was signed on this occasion./.
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Vietnam always treasures and wants to strengthen its multifaceted cooperation with Poland, a traditional friend and partner in Central Eastern Europe, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said while receiving Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau in Hanoi on March 16.
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Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau (left) writes in the guestbook. (Photo: VNA) 
