Creating strong changes, bringing Vietnam-France relations to a new height Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh leaves to attend COP26, work in the UK and pay an official visit to France
On November 4 (local time), within the framework of his official visit to the French Republic, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and attended the French President's reception at the Presidential Palace. .
At the meeting, President Macron welcomed Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's official visit to the French Republic during his first European visit as Prime Minister; highly appreciate Vietnam's position and role in the region; Wishing to further deepen the Vietnam - France strategic partnership, thank the Government and people of Vietnam for supporting medical masks for the French people amid the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020. ; announced that France will further support Vietnam with 400,000 doses of vaccines through bilateral channels and 970,000 doses of vaccines through the COVAX mechanism, bringing the total number of vaccines France has supported to Vietnam to more than 2 million doses, demonstrating the spirit of cooperation and support. help each other overcome the epidemic.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed his gratitude for the warm welcome that President Macron gave to the Prime Minister and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation; Thank the French Government and people for supporting vaccines and medical equipment, effectively contributing to the fight against the epidemic in Vietnam. The Prime Minister hoped that France would continue to support medical equipment and transfer technology to produce drugs to treat COVID-19 and help improve Vietnam's medical capacity.
The two leaders exchanged views on international and regional issues of mutual concern. President Macron affirmed in the Indo-Pacific strategy, highly appreciating the central role of ASEAN and affirming the importance of maintaining security, safety, freedom of navigation and overflight. support to settle disputes by peaceful means, based on international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), especially in the East Sea issue. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highly appreciated the role and position of France in the European Union as well as in the international arena; welcomed countries, including France, to uphold their responsible role, contributing to peace, stability and common prosperity in the region.
Towards the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations and the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Vietnam-France Strategic Partnership in 2023, the two leaders agreed to jointly develop an annual plan with specific tasks to do. further deepen the strategic partnership relationship. The two leaders highly appreciated the effective cooperation between the two countries in the fields of politics, diplomacy, economy, security - defense, culture, health, science, education - training. , law and justice, cooperation between localities. France welcomes and is ready to coordinate with Vietnam to prepare for the 12th Vietnam-France Cooperation Conference in Hanoi at the end of 2022.
The two leaders emphasized the need to further strengthen the pillars of economic, trade and investment cooperation in the Vietnam-France Strategic Partnership, and agreed on directions and measures for cooperation in the coming time. in order to create more favorable conditions for trade exchanges between the two countries, to support businesses and goods of the two countries to penetrate each other's markets; agreed to promote cooperation projects in key fields such as transportation, infrastructure, agriculture, environment, energy and aeronautics and space; together towards building long-term industrial partnerships on the basis of high technology transfer and mutual benefit, especially in areas where France has strengths and Vietnam has needs such as high technology, clean energy, organic agriculture, digital technology...
The French President assessed the vibrant cultural exchange and cooperation between the two countries as a bright spot in the bilateral relationship and emphasized the important role of the cultural centers of the two countries in Vietnam and France; The two sides hope that the two sides will continue to create favorable conditions for the activities of the French Institute in Vietnam as well as the Vietnam Cultural Center in France. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh agreed with the French President's opinion, and asked France to maintain and further promote health projects, especially with the increasing risk of epidemics. Besides, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highly appreciated the French teaching program and taught in French in Vietnam; I hope that France will create more favorable conditions for students to exchange, study and research in France, increase the number of scholarships and step up support to train public administrative staff for Vietnam.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highly appreciated France's coordination at multilateral forums, especially during Vietnam's role as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. bridge to further strengthen the relationship between Vietnam as well as ASEAN with the EU, especially when France prepares to take over the EU President in January 2022. The two sides agreed to actively implement and effectively utilize the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and speed up the ratification process of the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA), creating a force for economic cooperation, trade and investment between Vietnam, France and the EU. President Macron said France is ready to strengthen cooperation in the development of a sustainable seafood industry with Vietnam and promised to consider pushing the European Commission (EC) to soon remove the "yellow card" warning for Vietnamese seafood. .
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh also shared the results of the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation attending the 26th Summit of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26) in the UK, notifying Vietnam. committed to developing and implementing strong policies and measures, and promoting international cooperation, including implementing mechanisms under the Paris Agreement, to achieve net zero emissions. in 2050; I hope that developed countries, including France, will continue to support Vietnam in this field.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and President Macron agreed to issue a Joint Statement on the occasion of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's official visit to France this time to deepen the Strategic Partnership between the two countries.
On this occasion, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh conveyed the invitation of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President Nguyen Xuan Phuc to President Emmanuel Macron to visit Vietnam. The French President happily accepted.
Source: Industry and Trade Newspaper