Vietnam, Algeria boost judicial co-operation
VOV.VN - Vietnam and Algeria signed an agreement on a judicial co-operation programme for the 2024 to 2025 period during a recent two-day working visit made by Deputy Minister of Justice Nguyen Khanh Ngoc to the North African country.
Deputy Minister Ngoc said the signing reaffirms the strong desire and determination of the two countries' ministries to improve legal and judicial collaboration in order to help them well to perform their functions and tasks, whilst actively contributing to strengthening the sound friendship between the two sides.
Speaking after the ceremony, Ben Salem Abdarrazzak, director general of Algeria’s Department of Legal and Judicial Affairs, stressed that the mutual relationship is deep and sustainable, highlighting the Southeast Asian country as a strategic partner of Algeria.
He also applauded the co-operation programme, outlining expectations that it will help the two sides to boost existing activities while opening further co-operative opportunities in judicial of the two countries.
Since both states established bilateral diplomatic ties in 1962, the two countries’ relationship has achieved positive outcomes across multiple areas, including legal and judicial co-operation. Indeed, they have signed three Memoranda of Understanding on civil and commercial, and criminal and extradition matters.
Over recent years, both sides have implemented many co-operative activities, including exchanges of delegations at the ministerial level, department level, experts sharing mutual experiences in legal and judicial works, particularly in building and perfecting their legal systems, judicial reforms, management of judicial professions, and the training of judicial officials.
