UK affirms support for Vietnam’s climate change response
VOV.VN - The UK will continue to support Vietnam in climate change response, sustainable economic development, and biodiversity protection in the Mekong River region, said Philip Robert Barton, Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, during his ongoing working trip to Hanoi.
Meeting with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang on March 26, Barton said the UK will closely coordinate with relevant ministries and partners to realise cooperation plans within the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) framework, especially on offshore wind power, an area where the UK has strengths.
The UK attaches great importance to strengthening the strategic partnership with Vietnam in its overall policy in the Asia-Pacific region, he assured his host.
Hang for her part noted with satisfaction the positive development of the Vietnam – UK strategic partnership in recent times, especially in the fields of politics, diplomacy, trade, investment, security, defense, education - training.
Notably, she said the two sides last year successfully organized meaningful and practical activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations.
To further enhance the effectiveness of bilateral cooperation, Hang proposed that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the UK increase delegation visits and effectively deploy cooperation mechanisms.
She also appreciated the UK’s support for Vietnam within the JETP framework with the G7 Group of leading developed economies in the world, and expressed her wish that the UK would continue to provide capital assistance, technology transfer, and high-quality human resource training for Vietnam.
The two sides agreed to effectively take advantage of opportunities from the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA), while revving up cooperation in the fields of finance, banking, education-training, science-technology, and marine economy.
They vowed to strengthen coordination and mutual support at regional and international organizations and forums such as the United Nations, within the framework of ASEAN-UK relations and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
Exchanging views on regional and international issues of mutual concern, Barton affirmed the importance of ensuring security, safety, freedom of navigation and aviation, and compliance with international law, in including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on all seas and oceans, including the East Sea and the Red Sea.
