Macedonia FM to visit Vietnam
(VOV) - Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki will pay an official visit to Vietnam from November 11-13.
The visit was made at the invitation of Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, according to a communiqué released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 9.
Vietnam and Macedonia established diplomatic ties at the ambassadorial level in 1994.
Both countries initialled an economic and commercial cooperation agreement in 2005, however, bilateral economic and trade exchanges remain low at US$1-2 million.
Macedonia mainly imports Vietnamese products through other European nations, including Bulgaria.
In 2011 the two countries exchanged views on the signing of a protocol on cooperation between their Ministries of Foreign Affairs.