Prime Minister continues meetings with world leaders on sidelines of BRICS Summit

Pham had separate meetings with President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian, President of Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro, and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

During these meetings, Prime Minister Pham conveyed the greetings from General Secretary To Lam and President Luong Cuong to the aforesaid leaders and discussed with them about major orientations and measures to boost cooperation with these countries at both bilateral and multilateral aspects.

Leaders of these countries extended congratulations to Viet Nam's newly-elected President Luong Cuong, expressing their impressions on the Southeast Asian nation's socio-economic development achievements.

The foreign leaders expressed their wish to further strengthen cooperation with Viet Nam across all fields, especially diplomacy, trade, investment, energy, education, people-to-people exchanges, and response to global challenges.

Pham conveyed President Luong Cuong's invitation to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to visit Viet Nam. Ramaphosa accepted the invitation with pleasure.

Prime Minister Pham and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev reaffirmed their resolve to further deepen the traditional friendship and cooperation between the two countries through promoting the role of the Viet Nam-Azerbaijan Inter-governmental Committee for economic, trade, scientific and technological cooperation and expanding cooperation in the fields of oil and gas, agriculture, tourism and local-to-local cooperation.

Prime Minister Pham and Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov agreed to work together to fruitfully implement the free trade agreement between Viet Nam and the Eurasia Economic Union (EAEU), intensify cooperation in agriculture, education, healthcare, culture, sports, tourism and aviation.

Pham conveyed Vietnamese President Luong Cuong's invitation to the Kyrgyz President to visit Viet Nam.

At his meeting with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, Pham suggested Tajikistan facilitate market access for Viet Nam's garment and agricultural products and construction materials, contributing to raising trade value between the two countries.

Both sides agreed to create favorable conditions for their businesses to invest in each other country and to explore cooperation opportunities in potential areas like agriculture, culture and tourism.

Prime Minister Pham and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian agreed to facilitate market access for their key products while enhancing financial-banking cooperation.

Prime Minister Pham and President of the Republic of Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso agreed to organize events to mark the 60th founding anniversary of the Viet Nam-Congo diplomatic relations (1964-2024) and work together to explore cooperation opportunities in potential areas, especially agriculture.

Sassou Nguesso expects Viet Nam to share its experience in advancing national development and formulating reform and international integration policies.

Prime Minister Pham and the UN Secretary-General agreed to continue coordination in realizing the outcomes of the 2024 UN Summit of the Future.

Pham reiterated Viet Nam's strong support for the UN's role in global governance, pledging to continue active and responsible engagement in the common efforts to promote peace, stability, inclusive and sustainable development across the globe.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said Viet Nam is an important Asian partner of Uzbekistan, expressing his wish that Viet Nam would help his country to expand relations with ASEAN.

Pham and Mirziyoyev agreed to seek ways to expand bilateral cooperation in such potential domains like energy, education and training, culture, people-to-people exchanges, and explore the possibility to open direct air routes between the two countries.

Prime Minister Pham and Venezuelan President Maduro agreed that the two sides will convene the meeting of the Viet Nam-Venezuela Inter-governmental Committee for economic, trade and investment cooperation soon; coordinate in implementing the signed agreements, especially in the fields of agriculture, telecommunication, and energy; explore the possibility of expanding cooperation to new and promising areas.

Both sides also exchanged views on regional and international issues, including the East Sea issue, pledging to foster coordination and mutual support at international organizations and multilateral forums.

The same day, Pham also hosted receptions for Foreign Ministers from Indonesia, Thailand and Saudi Arabia./.