Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visits 3 Middle Eastern countries

This is the first official visit by a Vietnamese Prime Minister to the UAE and Qatar in 15 years, and the first visit by a Vietnamese government leader to Saudi Arabia since the two countries established relations.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh . (Photo: Duong Giang/VNA)

On the morning of October 27, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife, along with the Vietnamese high-ranking delegation, left Hanoi for an official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the State of Qatar, to attend the 8th Future Investment Initiative Conference and to pay a working visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from October 27 to November 1, 2024, at the invitation of UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Prime Minister of the State of Qatar Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jasim Al-Thani, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammed Bin Salman.

The official delegation accompanying Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife Le Thi Bich Tran on the working trip included: Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son; Minister, Head of the Government Office Tran Van Son; Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien; Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung; Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung; Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat; Minister of Justice Nguyen Hai Ninh; Deputy Minister of National Defense, Senior Lieutenant General Le Huy Vinh; Deputy Minister of Public Security, Lieutenant General Le Quoc Hung; Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc; Vietnamese Ambassador to the UAE Nguyen Thanh Diep; Vietnamese Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Dang Xuan Dung; Vietnamese Ambassador to Qatar Nguyen Huy Hiep; leaders of several ministries, branches and localities also joined the working delegation.

This is the first official visit of the Prime Minister of Vietnam to the UAE and Qatar in 15 years, the first visit of the head of the Vietnamese Government to Saudi Arabia since the two countries established diplomatic relations, and also the first time the Prime Minister is the main guest and the only Asian Senior Leader to speak at the 8th Future Investment Initiative Conference organized by Saudi Arabia.

The UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar are important, long-term and comprehensive friendly cooperation partners in various fields in the Middle East region. The three countries also identify Vietnam as a leading important partner in Southeast Asia, valuing relations with Vietnam in their "Look East" policy.

Recently, Vietnam's relations with the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have been developing well with many substantial results, and mutual support and coordination at multilateral forums have become increasingly closer.

The Prime Minister's visit is expected to create new momentum for traditional cooperation areas, create new breakthroughs to promote potential areas and, above all, firmly build political trust to pave the way for a new phase of cooperation between Vietnam and the three countries as well as the entire region.

The visit is a practical and vivid implementation of the foreign policy of the 13th National Party Congress, the policy of multilateralization, diversification, proactive and active international integration, in which priority is given to market diversification, partner diversification, and supply chain diversification, contributing to further consolidating the peaceful and cooperative environment, and maximizing the attraction of resources for national development.

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