According to VNA, during the official visit to the Dominican Republic, on the morning of November 20 (local time), after the talks, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and President of the Dominican Republic Luis Abinader held a joint press conference to announce the results of the talks and witnessed the signing of cooperation documents between the two countries.
President of the Dominican Republic Luis Abinader said that by establishing diplomatic relations and opening an embassy in Vietnam, the Dominican Republic wishes to accelerate its strategy of strengthening diplomatic relations with Vietnam.
In recent times, Vietnam and Dominican Republic have promoted many cooperative activities, sharing and supporting each other in many fields, especially agriculture, in which Vietnam has provided African swine fever vaccine to Dominican Republic.
According to President Luis Abinader, the visit of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to Dominican Republic this time is of great significance. The President and Prime Minister had talks and discussions to continue expanding and concretizing cooperation agreements; at the same time, promoting new agreements, boosting cooperation between the two countries in areas such as defense, telecommunications, oil and gas, tourism and other areas of potential and demand for the benefit of the two countries and their peoples.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that his visit to the Dominican Republic this time is historic, creating new momentum, opening a new page in the Vietnam - Dominican Republic relationship.
The Prime Minister suggested that the two sides speed up negotiations and sign four agreements. These include a free trade agreement, an agreement on investment promotion and protection, an agreement on cultural cooperation, education, training, tourism, and people-to-people exchange, and a visa agreement to create the best conditions for exchanges between the two countries.
According to the Prime Minister, the two sides discussed many potential areas of cooperation. These include digital transformation, digital economy, building a digital society, and telecommunications development. They also discussed energy exploitation, including oil and gas, solar energy, and wind energy. Additionally, they explored agricultural cooperation, which extends to vaccine production. Finally, the discussion emphasized creating conditions and promoting cooperation connections between the two countries' businesses.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that in the context of the current international situation, the two sides agreed to call for solidarity and enhanced international cooperation, not only for the two countries and their peoples but also for peace, cooperation and development in the region and the world, especially Vietnam will be a bridge for the Dominican Republic to cooperate with ASEAN and the Dominican Republic will be a bridge for Vietnam to cooperate with the South American region.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the President of the Dominican Republic witnessed the signing of cooperation documents including the Memorandum of Understanding on the establishment of the Joint Committee to promote trade and investment between Vietnam and the Dominican Republic; and the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam and the Diplomatic and Consular Academy of the Dominican Republic.
Earlier in the morning of the same day, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife, along with the Vietnamese delegation, attended the Memorial Ceremony for the Founders of the Dominican Republic and laid flowers at the Memorial of the Founding Leaders of the Dominican Republic in the capital Santo Domingo, with the participation of Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic Roberto Alvarez.
