On August 1, at the Presidential Palace, New Delhi, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with President Droupadi Murmu on the occasion of his state visit to India, according to the Government Electronic Information Portal.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh congratulated India on achieving great achievements in economic development, science-technology, defense-security, infrastructure development, and people's lives continuously improving. advanced.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh thanked the President and the Government of India for their condolences and touching gestures upon the passing of the late General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, an outstanding leader of the Vietnamese people, who close friend of the Indian people.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that Vietnam always remembers India's valuable support in the past cause of national liberation struggle, as well as the current cause of national construction and development; Thank India during the COVID-19 pandemic for supporting Vietnam with ventilators, oxygen generators, and masks. Vietnam also donated a number of ventilators and medical equipment to India, showing that the two countries are always standing side by side. stand side by side in difficult times.
Vietnam always supports and wishes India to grow stronger and have an increasingly higher role and position in the region and internationally.
President Droupadi Murmu emphasized that Vietnam and India have a long-standing traditional relationship of friendship, diligently nurtured by generations of leaders and people of the two countries.
The President expressed his joy that in recent years, the relationship between the two countries has developed very strongly, especially since the establishment of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in 2016. Exchange of delegations and cooperation between the two countries have increased. development on all levels and channels; All fields of cooperation have made great progress.
President Droupadi Murmu highly appreciated the results of the talks between Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, especially the adoption of the Joint Statement by the two sides on strengthening the comprehensive and deepening Strategic Partnership. identify areas of cooperation on a "Five More" basis. The President believes that the documents signed on this occasion will be actively implemented by both sides.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh thanked and asked the President to continue to pay attention and support Vietnam - India relations , especially defense cooperation, and continue to support Vietnam with preferential credit packages. , training and capacity building, encouraging the implementation of measures to achieve the goal of doubling two-way trade, investment and tourism from now to 2030, increasing the frequency of direct flights to contributing to promoting exchanges between people and localities of the two countries.
On this occasion, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh conveyed greetings and an invitation from President To Lam to invite President Droupadi Murmu to arrange a visit to Vietnam in the near future.
