Minister of Overseas Affairs Bui Thanh Son created the assertion during his cellular phone talks with his Argentinian counterpart Santiago Andrés Cafiero on April 18 to explore a host of steps to strengthen bilateral relations toward the celebration of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties in 2023.
The two diplomats hailed the good development of the Vietnam-Argentina Comprehensive Partnership, even amid complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The two sides successfully organized the eighth political session at the deputy overseas ministerial degree in May possibly 2021 and the seventh assembly of the joint Governing administration Committee on Economics, Trade and Investment in August 2021.
Previous year’s bilateral trade surpassed US$4.5 billion, up 14.1% calendar year-on-yr. Argentina is now Vietnam’s third biggest trade associate in Latin The us.
Minister Son suggested both equally sides give precedence to intensifying visits by senior leaders, and earning much better use of financial-trade cooperation prospects by way of bilateral and multilateral mechanisms, which include the Planet Trade Organisation (WTO) and the Southern Prevalent Sector (MERCOSUR).
He also recommended Argentina supply much more circumstances for Vietnamese agricultural goods this kind of as espresso, fresh new and dried fruits and Vietnam’s useful solutions like textiles, footwear, wood furniture and design materials to get accessibility to its marketplace.
Son was appreciative of his Argentinian counterpart’s proposal to contemplate the enlargement of cooperation in other places these kinds of as room engineering, and biotechnology for agriculture and husbandry, and energy conversion.
The Vietnamese ministry will quickly focus on with suitable ministries and sectors about the possibility of bolstering cooperation in these prospective and functional fields, he added.
For his part, Minister Santiago Andrés Cafiero affirmed that his country always appreciates Vietnam’s function and place in the region and the worldwide arena, expressing close and powerful collaboration with Vietnam in both of those bilateral and multilateral elements is seen as an essential element powering its foreign policy in the Asian-Pacific area.
He reported he will function hand in hand with the Vietnamese aspect towards the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties.