The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that on the afternoon of May 4, 2025, at the Party Central Committee Headquarters, General Secretary To Lam received Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka - leader of the Sri Lanka People's Liberation Front (JVP) Party, on the occasion of a State visit to Vietnam and attending the United Nations Generalotheak Festival.
At the meeting, General Secretary To Lam welcomed President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka to visit Vietnam on the occasion of the two countries to celebrate the 55th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations; Appreciating the president who accepted and spoke at the opening ceremony of the Vesak Buddha's Great Ceremony; Thank the President for sending congratulatory letters on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and the reunification of the country; Emphasizing this is a particularly important event, not only for the Vietnamese people but also for international friends, including Sri Lanka, who accompanied, supported and helped Vietnam in the resistance war for national independence.
President Anura Kumara Disanayaka emphasized that Vietnam and Sri Lanka have a close, close friendship and support each other throughout history. The President once again congratulated the Party, State and people of Vietnam on the historic victory on April 30, 1975, affirming that this is not only a victory of the Vietnamese people, but also a victory of the people of Sri Lanka as well as the peace-loving people in the world.
The President expressed his admiration for Vietnam's outstanding achievements in economic development, after only 50 years of national reunification, Vietnam has become one of the countries with the highest growth rate in the world, with a constantly enhanced role, position and prestige; wished to learn from Vietnam's experience in economic development, institutional reform, anti-corruption, negativity and governance of the country.
The two sides expressed satisfaction with the sustainable development of traditional friendship and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Sri Lanka in the past 55 years. General Secretary To Lam and President Anura agreed to continue strengthening the reliability and cohesion between the two countries, the two ruling parties, promoting the exchange of high -level delegations and levels, bringing national defense and security cooperation to become a new pillar in the relationship between the two countries; At the same time, creating breakthroughs in economic, trade and investment cooperation, contributing to effective response to the rapid fluctuations of political and economic situation.
The General Secretary affirmed that with its strengths, Vietnam wishes to accompany and cooperate with Sri Lanka in socio-economic development. The President of Sri Lanka welcomed and affirmed that he would create conditions for Vietnamese enterprises to invest in important and strategic fields in Sri Lanka. The two sides also agreed to further expand cooperation in agriculture, education, culture, people-to-people exchanges, tourism, and religion, promoting the early opening of direct flights to support cooperation and connectivity between the two countries.
The two leaders agreed to cooperate more closely and increase mutual support at multilateral forums, especially the United Nations and South-South cooperation. General Secretary To Lam highly appreciated Sri Lanka as an active member of the United Nations, welcoming Sri Lanka to further strengthen cooperation with ASEAN.
On this occasion, President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka respectfully invited General Secretary To Lam to visit Sri Lanka in the coming time. The General Secretary thanked and assigned the two Foreign Ministries to arrange.
