According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the afternoon of December 12, in Hanoi, President Luong Cuong visited and worked with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
On behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son reported to the President that since the beginning of the 13th Party Congress, foreign affairs work has been carried out synchronously, comprehensively, flexibly and creatively, achieving many important results, contributing to creating an unprecedented favorable and open foreign situation. At the same time, building a comprehensive, modern and professional diplomacy, especially the arrangement of the organization and apparatus of foreign affairs agencies in the spirit of Resolution 18-NQ/TW of the 12th tenure.
On behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reporting on foreign affairs and the building and development of the diplomatic sector since the beginning of the 13th Congress term, Deputy Minister Nguyen Minh Hang stated that foreign affairs have achieved outstanding results:
First, actively institutionalize and concretize foreign policy;
Second, contributing to the effective implementation of the important and regular task of maintaining a peaceful and stable environment, protecting the Fatherland and protecting peace, early and from afar;
Third, effectively implement the central task of serving development;
Fourth, constantly enhance the country's position and prestige, promote the role of an active and responsible member in the international community;
Fifth, continue to effectively and comprehensively implement other foreign affairs areas, including work for overseas Vietnamese, consular and citizen protection, foreign information work, cultural diplomacy and local foreign affairs.
President Luong Cuong highly appreciated and warmly commended the important achievements of generations of leaders and diplomats. The most important of these is that diplomacy has strongly promoted its pioneering role in creating and maintaining a peaceful and stable environment for development, protecting the Fatherland early and from afar, firmly protecting independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Foreign affairs and diplomacy have continuously consolidated the country's position and power, expanded friendly relations and cooperation with neighboring countries, regions, traditional friends and partners; and enhanced the country's role and position in the international arena.
The President emphasized the principle of "remaining constant and responding to all changes", skillfully combining national strength and the strength of the times, being steadfast in strategic goals, flexible in tactics, and ensuring the highest national interests.
On the basis of consistently implementing the foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, friendship, cooperation and development, multilateralization and diversification of foreign relations, foreign affairs must perform the primary task of contributing to ensuring a peaceful and stable environment, mobilizing external resources and favorable conditions for national development.
As General Secretary To Lam directed, "along with ensuring national defense and security, promoting foreign affairs is a regular and important task", the defense - security - foreign affairs forces need to continue to closely coordinate to protect the Fatherland early and from afar, determining this as a priority of priorities.
The President assessed that the Party building and diplomacy work in recent times has promoted traditions, unique strengths and made many improvements, but needs to continue to innovate more strongly; at the same time, doing well the work of organizing, arranging the apparatus, training and evaluating cadres in the spirit of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW on "Some issues on continuing to innovate and arrange the apparatus of the political system to be streamlined, effective and efficient".
