Vietnam to forge relations with Iran – an important partner in Middle East
VOV.VN - Vietnam always attaches importance to the friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Iran, one of its important partners in the Middle East, Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Vuong Dinh Hue told Speaker of the Iranian Consultative Assembly Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf during their talks in Tehran on August 8.
Hue expressed his pleasure to visit Iran, a country with a unique culture and long history, saying his visit is of great significance as the two countries are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of their diplomatic relations.
He noted with satisfaction the positive developments in bilateral cooperation in recent times, especially in the fields of politics-diplomacy, culture and people-to-people exchanges.
Speaker Ghalibaf for his part expressed his admiration for Vietnam’s heroic history as well as its achievements in national development and international integration.
He affirmed that the Iranian Consultative Assembly and people wish to further promote the friendship and multi-faceted cooperation with Vietnam which is Iran’s important partner in the Asia-Pacific region.
He said he believes that cooperation between the two countries and between their legislative bodies will record more encouraging results in the coming time.
Both host and guest agreed on specific measures to enhance the efficiency of bilateral cooperation in the future, including increasing visit exchanges and people-to-people exchanges to promote mutual friendship and understanding, and well preparing for the coming 10th meeting of the Vietnam – Iran inter-government committee to be held in Hanoi.
They encouraged more meetings and connections between localities and businesses of the two countries to seek business and investment cooperation opportunities, and to create favourable conditions for the strong products of each country to penetrate each other’s markets.
Hue suggested that Iran increase the import of Vietnamese agricultural products such as rice, tea, pepper, coffee, and rubber. He affirmed his commitment to facilitating market access for Iranian products like dried and fresh fruits in Vietnam.
The two sides agreed to cooperate in the production of products meeting Halal standards. They underlined the need to strengthen customs cooperation and resume cooperation mechanisms between the two countries in the banking and trade sectors, hoping to hammer out breakthrough measures for economic and trade cooperation.
The Iranian legislator told his guest that Iranian businesses are increasingly keen on the Vietnamese market thanks to its political stability and attractive business-investment environment. He expressed Iran’s wishes to further strengthen economic, trade and agricultural cooperation with Vietnam, assuring that the Iranian parliament is ready to create favourable conditions for businesses of both sides to ramp up business and investment cooperation.
Also at the meeting, the two sides discussed measures to promote Vietnam – Iran cooperation in other potential fields such as science-technology, digital transformation, education-training, student exchange, and tourism.
On this occasion, Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue cordially invited Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf to pay an official visit to Vietnam soon, and the invitation was accepted with pleasure.
Hue also invited the Iranian parliament to send a delegation to the ninth Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians to be held in Hanoi this September.
After the talks, the two leaders signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the two legislative bodies.
