Top Vietnamese leader begins state visit to Mongolia

he top Vietnamese leader was welcomed at the airport by Mongolian Minister of Foreign Affairs Batmunkh Battsetseg, Mongolian Ambassador to Vietnam Jigjee Sereejav, and other officials of the Mongolian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and representatives of the Vietnamese Embassy in the country.

The President of Mongolia is set to host a state-level welcome ceremony for Party General Secretary and President To Lam at Sukhbaatar Square, Ulan Bator. After the talks, the two leaders will witness the exchange of cooperation documents between the two countries.

During his visit, Lam and Mongolian senior leaders are scheduled to discuss major orientations and solutions to further enhance bilateral political trust and cooperation in areas of mutual priorities, especially politics, diplomacy, economy, trade, tourism, and people-to-people exchanges.

The state visit to Mongolia is of special significance as it takes place on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of both nations' diplomatic relations and the relationship between the two countries is at its best stage of development.

The leader’s state visit to Mongolia continues to carry out  Vietnam’s foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralization and diversification of relations, and proactive and active international integration set at the 13th National Party Congress, the Politburo's Resolution 34 on a number of major orientations to realize the external policy given at the 13th National Party Congress, and Directive 25 of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat on strengthening and enhancing the position of multilateral external relations until 2030. It is also designed to further promote and deepen the bilateral cooperation with each partner, affirming Vietnam's unwavering policy of greatly valuing friendly relations with traditional friends.