Vietnam highly values traditional ties with Norway: Foreign Minister
Vietnam attaches importance to the traditional cooperation with Norway, stated Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son while receiving visiting State Secretary of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Erling Rimestad in Hanoi on March 1.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son (R) and visiting State Secretary of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Erling Rimestad (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam attaches importance to the traditional cooperation with Norway, stated Minister of Foreign Affairs BuiThanh Son while receiving visiting State Secretary of the Norwegian Ministry ofForeign Affairs Erling Rimestad in Hanoi on March 1.
Expressing his delight at growing cooperation between the two nations across many spheres in both bilateral and multilateral aspects, Son saidthe potential for future engagements is ample.
He proposed that the Vietnamese and Norwegian foreign ministrieswork closely together, increase delegation exchanges, and make efforts to speedup the negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the EuropeanFree Trade Association (EFTA – which groups Iceland,Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland).
Affirming Vietnam’s strong commitments at the UN ClimateChange Conference (COP26) and cooperation with international partners, theminister hoped agencies of Vietnam and Norway will study the possibility of establishing bilateral frameworks for joint work in maritime economy and green transition, thus contributing to creating new and practical cooperative impulses in fields that Norway has strengths in technology, experience, and capital and Vietnam hasdevelopment needs.
In response, Rimestad said Norway considers Vietnam apriority partner in Southeast Asia and wishes to further tighten theirbilateral ties.
Based on the current sound relations between the two countries, he agreed that the sides should further promote political contacts andexchange delegations at all levels; push negotiations on the FTA in the spirit offlexibility and mutual benefits; and expand cooperation to areas with potential and of commoninterest such as oceans, climate change, energy transition andgreen economy, especially in the context that the two countries have joined theJust Energy Transition Partnership (JETP).
Host and guest concurred to strengthen thenations’ cooperation and mutual support at multilateral forums, especially atUN mechanism and within the cooperation framework between ASEAN and Norway./.
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son (R) and visiting State Secretary of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Erling Rimestad (Photo: VNA) 
