On the afternoon of May 12 local time, immediately after the talks, General Secretary To Lam and President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko gave a speech to the press about the results of the talks.
President Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized that General Secretary To Lam's visit this time is a historic visit in the relationship between the two countries. At the talks, the two sides agreed to upgrade their relations to a Strategic Partnership. Belarus will certainly implement all agreements signed and awarded this time. In addition, the two sides have also issued orientations for implementation in the coming time.
President Aleksandr Lukashenko said that upgrading bilateral relations is in line with the current context, demonstrating sincere friendship, compliance with bilateral cooperation, and the desire for long-term and effective cooperation. Belarus will provide Vietnam with goods with strengths such as tractors, cars or some agricultural products...
President Aleksandr Lukashenko wants the two sides to strengthen the role and effectiveness of the Vietnam Intergovernmental Committee - Belarus on economic - trade and science and technology cooperation; Continuing to effectively and maximize the advantage from the Free Trade Agreement between Vietnam and the Asia -Europe Economic Union (EAEU), creating favorable conditions for investors of the two countries to approach and expand business activities in each other's territory; promote cooperation with Vietnam in the fields of science - technology, education - training; Promote cooperation between localities still have a lot of development.
The two sides have implemented initiatives, including opening direct flights, contributing to promoting tourism development, enhancing people-to-people exchanges and cooperation in the cultural field...
According to President Aleksandr Lukashenko, at the talks, the two sides agreed to implement the agreements and draft a cooperation roadmap for the following years.
General Secretary To Lam affirmed that the determination of the visit is to work with the Belarus brothers to bring the relationship between the two countries to a new stage of development.
The General Secretary said that the talk was very successful. The two sides have approved a joint statement on establishing the Vietnam -Belarus strategic partnership, creating a basis for bringing two countries' relations to new heights, for the benefit of the people of the two countries, for peace, stability and development in the region and around the world.
The documents signed within the framework of the visit on cooperation in the fields of science - technology, health, justice, culture, people-to-people exchanges, etc. opened a good start for a new phase in cooperation, deep and effective cooperation between the two countries in the coming years.
The General Secretary said that in the coming time, the two sides agreed to promote cooperation, focusing on major political and diplomatic orientations; continue to promote cooperation in the fields of defense industry, military medicine, training, anti-terrorism, information exchange, information security, cyber security...; economic - trade - investment sector; promote effective and comprehensive cooperation in new areas of mutual interest such as digital economy, digital transformation, agriculture, industry, energy...
General Secretary To Lam expressed his confidence that with the newly established strategic partnership framework, this visit will contribute to opening up new strategic space for bilateral cooperation.
