Vietnam highly values long-standing friendship with Slovakia
VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador Pham Truong Giang met Slovak National Council Speaker Richard Rasi in Bratislava on May 27, affirming that Vietnam attaches importance to strengthening the longstanding friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Slovakia.
Vietnam always regards Slovakia as a reliable and important partner in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as within the European Union, Giang said during the meeting with the top legislator ahead of the opening session of Slovakia’s parliamentary meeting.
He highlighted major milestones in Vietnam – Slovakia relations and expressed his confidence that bilateral ties would continue to flourish, particularly in areas such as trade, education and training, skilled labour export, cultural and artistic exchanges.
Marking the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries this year, the Ambassador hoped both sides would actively promote delegation exchanges, especially high-level visits, to strengthen political trust and deepen the two countries’ traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation.
Rasi, for his part, reaffirmed his strong support for strengthening relations between Slovakia and Vietnam, noting that throughout his many years serving in various roles at both local and central government levels, as well as at the parliament, he has consistently supported the promotion of bilateral ties.
He expressed his pleasure at recent positive developments in bilateral relations and believed there is still significant potential for cooperation. He pledged to work closely to promote the exchange of delegations at all levels, especially between the parliaments of the two countries.
The Slovak Speaker suggested that both sides should soon resume the session of the Intergovernmental Committee to review and discuss areas of potential cooperation. He also shared fond memories of his previous visit to Vietnam, describing it as a beautiful country with friendly, hospitable people and strong potential to attract tourists, including those from Slovakia.
Slovakia affirms Vietnam as key partner in Asia amid growing cooperation
VOV.VN - Slovakia regards Vietnam as a key partner in Asia, Slovak Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Juraj Blanár told Vietnamese Ambassador to Slovakia Pham Truong Giang during their meeting on May 13.
