On the morning of January 16, at the Polish Prime Minister's Office, after a solemn official welcoming ceremony, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting and talks with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
At the invitation of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife, along with a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, paid an official visit to Poland from January 16-18.
At the talks, the two leaders had in-depth discussions on major orientations and specific measures and agreed to consider soon upgrading the bilateral relationship to a strategic level.
In that spirit, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh proposed to Prime Minister Donald Tusk 6 major groups of measures including:
Firstly, to strengthen political trust, aiming to elevate the bilateral relationship to a Strategic Partnership in the coming time, continuing to increase contacts and exchanges of delegations at all levels, especially high-level ones, through all channels of the Party, State, Government, National Assembly and people-to-people exchanges.
Second, further improve efficiency, making economic cooperation an important pillar of bilateral relations; strive to soon bring two-way trade turnover to 5 billion USD, strengthen connectivity between the two economies, including soft and hard connectivity.
Third, strengthen security and defense cooperation.
Fourth, promote education and training through effectively implementing the cooperation agreement in the field of higher education signed during the visit; promote labor cooperation, a potential field of cooperation between the two countries, especially human resource training related to digital transformation, green transformation, circular economy, and semiconductor chip manufacturing.
Fifth, strengthen people-to-people exchanges and coordinate activities to celebrate the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 2025. On this occasion, the Prime Minister announced that Vietnam has decided to exempt visas for Polish citizens in 2025.
Sixth, strengthen coordination and mutual support at regional and international forums such as the United Nations and the ASEAN-EU framework; affirm readiness to become a bridge between ASEAN and Poland.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk agreed that the two sides should consider upgrading their relationship to a strategic level soon based on high political trust and the good achievements of the traditional friendship between Vietnam and Poland with a history of 75 years; assessed Vietnam as one of Poland's most potential markets in the Asia-Pacific region, with more and more Polish enterprises interested in expanding their investment and business in Vietnam.
Sharing the proposal of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Prime Minister Donald Tusk affirmed that Poland will soon ratify the Vietnam - EU Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA), and support the European Commission (EC) to soon remove the "Yellow Card" for Vietnam's seafood exports to the EU market.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh thanked and asked the Polish Government to continue to facilitate the Vietnamese community in Poland to integrate more deeply into the host society, making positive contributions to the development of Poland as well as the traditional friendship between the two countries, including early recognition of the community as an ethnic minority of Poland.
On this occasion, the two sides signed a number of cooperation documents between the two countries in the fields of diplomacy and labor.
