According to VNA, after successfully concluding activities within the framework of the state visit to Mongolia from September 30 to October 1, on the afternoon of October 1, General Secretary and President To Lam and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation left Genghis Khan Airport in the capital Ulan Bator for a state visit to Ireland at the invitation of Irish President Michael D. Higgins.
Seeing off the delegation at the airport were: Foreign Minister B. Battsetseg; Mongolian Ambassador to Vietnam J.Sereejav; Vietnamese Ambassador to Mongolia Nguyen Tuan Thanh and a number of officials and staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Mongolia.
During the visit, General Secretary and President To Lam held talks with President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh; met with National Assembly Chairman Dashzegviin Amarbayasgalan and Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene; attended the opening ceremony of Vietnam Cultural Day 2024 in Mongolia; visited Ho Chi Minh Inter-level School No. 14; visited and met with officials and staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and the Vietnamese community in Mongolia; received a number of business organizations in Mongolia...
During the meetings, the two countries' senior leaders highly appreciated the traditional friendship between Vietnam and Mongolia which has been strongly expanded over the past 70 years; exchanged in-depth opinions on the direction of bilateral relations development in the coming time and regional and international issues of mutual concern.
Mongolia affirmed that it always considers Vietnam an important partner in Southeast Asia, wishing to develop and expand mutually beneficial cooperation in all fields.
Vietnam affirms its importance in developing relations with Mongolia, respects Mongolia's peace-loving, open, self-reliant and multi-pillar foreign policy, the "third neighbor" policy and wishes to further promote bilateral relations in the coming time.
The two countries' senior leaders agreed that the development and deepening of relations between Vietnam and Mongolia is in line with the common interests of the two peoples, and makes an important contribution to ensuring peace, stability and development in the region and the world; agreed to upgrade the bilateral relationship to a comprehensive partnership and continue to promote the expansion of cooperation. During the visit, the two sides signed seven cooperation documents.
The state visit of General Secretary and President To Lam to Mongolia contributed significantly to orienting and opening up prospects for friendly cooperation between the two countries.
