President Vo Van Thuong meets with Australian Prime Minister on the occasion of attending APEC Summit 2023

On the morning of November 17, 2023, on the occasion of attending the 30th APEC Summit in San Francisco, USA, President Vo Van Thuong met with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

President Vo Van Thuong meets with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. (Photo: VNA)

The two leaders reviewed the positive developments in bilateral relations in recent times, especially after the two countries became Strategic Partners in 2018, and agreed that the trust and friendship between the two peoples and the encouraging achievements in cooperation fields are an important foundation for the two countries to continue to bring bilateral relations to new heights.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese expressed his pleasure at meeting President Vo Van Thuong again and thanked the Vietnamese Government and people for the warm welcome given to him during his visit to Vietnam last June.

Prime Minister Albanese affirmed that Australia highly values its relationship with Vietnam and hopes that the relationship will continue to develop to new heights, commensurate with the potential of both sides, and pledged to continue prioritizing ODA and cooperation with Vietnam in the fields of digital transformation, green economy and climate change response.

President Vo Van Thuong congratulated Australia on its recent socio-economic achievements and highly appreciated the success of the visits to Vietnam by Governor-General David Hurley and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese this year, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations.

The President thanked the Australian Government for always providing Vietnam with a stable source of ODA, including symbolic infrastructure projects in the Mekong Delta as well as supporting Vietnam in implementing UN peacekeeping missions.

To further deepen the bilateral relationship, the President suggested that both sides should continue to increase the exchange of delegations at all levels, promote more effectively cooperation mechanisms, strengthen cooperation in the fields of trade - investment, defense - security, culture, tourism and people-to-people exchange through increasing the number of flights between the two countries, creating favorable conditions for the Vietnamese community in Australia to integrate and contribute better to the host country and the bilateral relationship.

The two leaders also agreed to continue supporting each other at regional and international forums including the United Nations, ASEAN, and APEC, as well as sharing many views and assessments on regional and international issues, including the East Sea issue and cooperation in the Mekong sub-region.

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