The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that, within the framework of the State visit to Mongolia, on September 30, in the capital Ulan Bator, General Secretary and President To Lam had a small meeting and held official talks with Mongolian President Khurelsukh.
Speaking at the talks, President Khurelsukh emphasized that the visit by General Secretary and President To Lam is a historic visit that contributes significantly to promoting the relationship between Vietnam and Mongolia. President Khurelsukh expressed his gratitude to the Vietnamese State and people for providing 500,000 USD to help overcome recent natural disasters.
General Secretary and President To Lam thanked President Khurelsukh, the State and people of Mongolia for their warm, respectful and thoughtful reception for the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation; wished the State and people of Mongolia will successfully implement the "New Recovery Policy" and the strategic goals of "Vision 2050", thereby contributing to enhancing Mongolia's international role and position.
The two sides agreed to promote economic cooperation to develop substantially, effectively and in accordance with the needs of each side; maintain bilateral economic cooperation mechanisms, including the Intergovernmental Committee on economic, trade, scientific and technological cooperation; strengthen trade promotion measures, connect businesses of the two countries, thereby contributing to increasing bilateral trade turnover between Vietnam and Mongolia; support information, mechanisms and policies to promote the import and export of goods and services of each country to easily access each other's markets, especially the strengths of each country; agree to support policies and encourage businesses of both sides to invest in areas of strength, economic and industrial zones.
The two countries' senior leaders agreed to strengthen cooperation in research and development of high-tech science, digital technology, innovation, artificial intelligence technology, information and communication technology, climate change response, mineral exploitation, and animal husbandry; coordinate to find solutions to remove difficulties and challenges in logistics transportation; exchange experiences, and effectively implement signed cooperation agreements in the fields of road, rail, sea transport and aviation.
The two sides agreed to continue promoting the establishment of mechanisms for exchanging experts, lecturers, students, and student exchanges between the two countries; enhancing the exchange of experiences on educational mechanisms and policies between the two sides, and the application of digital technology in education; strengthening the implementation of exchange programs and promoting the culture and history of each country, promoting the exchange of cultural and artistic delegations; enhancing the promotion of tourism potential and strengths between the two sides, promoting local cooperation and people-to-people exchanges between the two countries; closely cooperating to protect citizens of each country so that they can live, study, and work in the other country with peace of mind.
At the end of the talks, General Secretary and President To Lam and the President of Mongolia issued a Joint Statement between Vietnam and Mongolia on establishing a Comprehensive Partnership to guide the two countries' deep trust in cooperation in all fields to become increasingly in-depth, substantive, effective and comprehensive.
On this occasion, senior leaders of the two countries also witnessed the signing ceremony of 7 cooperation documents between ministries, branches and localities of the two countries.
