According to VNA, President Luong Cuong mentioned a number of issues on the foundation of Vietnam-Chile relations, Vietnam's development path and foreign policy, as well as the vision and orientation of the traditional friendship and comprehensive partnership between Vietnam and Chile in the new era.
Reviewing the history of the friendly relationship between Vietnam and Chile over the past 50 years, the President said that during talks and meetings with Chilean leaders, the two sides agreed on major principles and directions for cooperation to bring the Comprehensive Partnership to a new level, making it deeper, more effective and more substantive.
The President proposed a number of orientations for Vietnam-Chile relations in the coming period, in which the two countries need to strengthen political trust and substantive cooperation through exchanges of high-level delegations and all levels, enhance mutual understanding and mutually beneficial cooperation in areas where both sides have potential and strengths, including exchanges and cooperation between the Communist Party of Vietnam and major political parties in Chile.
The President proposed to strengthen the promotion of economic links between Vietnam and Chile, identifying economic cooperation as a top priority and a key area in bilateral relations. In particular, continuing to take advantage of and effectively implement the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the Vietnam - Chile Free Trade Council mechanism, as well as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) to create new momentum to bring trade and investment relations between Vietnam and Chile to new milestones.
The President said that it is necessary to further promote bilateral investment opportunities as well as identify priority areas of strategic breakthrough cooperation, helping to connect the two economies, towards sustainable development, contributing to global prosperity, especially in the fields of green transformation, climate change response, and building appropriate cooperation frameworks in international organizations, forums and mechanisms of which both sides are members.
The President also proposed promoting educational cooperation, cultural and artistic exchanges, and developing tourism cooperation, thereby enhancing people-to-people exchanges and mutual understanding.
In this process, the University of Chile can make important contributions and Vietnam encourages cooperation between universities of the two countries. This is an extremely important factor to promote understanding, knowledge sharing, and innovation cooperation.
According to the President, in a world with many fluctuations and challenges, small and medium-sized countries like Vietnam and Chile must strive to contribute more actively to global governance, together promoting a multilateral approach and international law.
Many new international issues such as green development, energy transition, and artificial intelligence governance need a more comprehensive international framework soon.
Vietnam and Chile need to continue promoting multilateral cooperation, respecting international law, maintaining security, safety, freedom of navigation and aviation in seas and oceans, including the Pacific Ocean, in accordance with international law, especially the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
This is the final activity during the official visit to the Republic of Chile by President Luong Cuong and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation.
On the afternoon of November 12 (local time), the President and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation departed for an official visit to the Republic of Peru and to attend the APEC 2024 Summit Week in Lima, Peru from November 12-16.
