Government chief hosts new DPRK Ambassador
VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on September 21 for Ambassador of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Ri Sung Guk who came to greet the Government leader on the occasion of starting his term in Vietnam.
At the reception, PM Chinh congratulated Ri on his appointment and glowingly spoke of the DPRK for sending an experienced diplomat to work in Vietnam, which shows the importance that the DPRK sticks to its cooperative ties with the nation.
Relevant Vietnamese agencies will cooperate closely to support the ambassador in fulfilling his tasks, Chinh told his guest.
He said he believes that with his rich experience, Ambassador Ri will make positive contribution to maintaining and strengthening the traditional friendship between the two countries in the time ahead.
The Government leader also expressed his elation at both nations’ traditional friendship and cooperation established and nurtured by President Ho Chi Minh and President Kim Il Sung, and continuously preserved, inherited, and promoted by generations of leaders and people of the two countries.
In that spirit, Chinh suggested that during his term, the diplomat coordinate with relevant Vietnamese agencies to continue consolidating political trust and mutual understanding through the exchange of delegations at all levels and between ministries, departments and sectors of the two countries; jointly launching a broad array of activities to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties in 2025; ramping up economic cooperation between the two countries on the basis of compliance with international law and in line with the interests of the two countries; soon resuming the meeting mechanism of the Vietnam-DPRK Intergovernmental Committee on economic, scientific and technological cooperation chaired by Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam and the DPRK’s Ministry of External Economic Relations; and actively expanding exchanges and cooperation in the fields of culture, arts, sports, and people-to-people exchanges.
In reply, Ambassador Ri said he is greatly impressed by Vietnam's tremendous achievements across a variety of fields in recent years, especially those relating to post-pandemic socio-economic recovery and development as well as its expanding foreign relations which contribute to enhancing Vietnam's position in the international arena.
The diplomat said he believes that under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the nation will successfully achieve the goal of becoming a high-income developed country by 2045.
He affirmed that continuing to promote the development of bilateral relations with Vietnam is a consistent stance of the Party and State of the DPRK.
The ambassador pledged his best efforts to contribute to boosting the development of the time-honoured friendship between the two countries during his term in Vietnam.
