Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (L) and Romanian Prime Minister
Viorica Dancila at the joint press conference following their talks in
Bucharest on April 15 (Photo: VNA)
The joint statement said during their talks, the two PMs were
delighted at the sound development of the traditional friendship and
multi-dimensional cooperation between the two countries and expressed their
wish to step up the bilateral cooperation in potential areas.
The two sides stressed the importance of maintaining the regular exchange of
visits, especially high-level, ministry, locality and business ones to create a
strong impetus for the bilateral cooperation over trade-investment,
education-training, security-defence, agriculture, food processing, energy, and
oil and gas.
PM Viorica Dancila asserted that during its rotating European Union presidency,
Romania will take necessary actions to push the official signing of the
European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the European
Union-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA), thus generating a
momentum to deepen the relations between Vietnam and the EU in general and that
between Vietnam and Romania.
According to the joint statement, PM Viorica Dancila stressed Romania’s wish to
improve its trade balance with Vietnam, so the two sides agreed to soon hold
the 16th meeting of the Vietnam-Romania joint Committee on economic cooperation
this year with a view to boosting the exchange of commodities and services that
bring mutual benefits, especially farm and aquatic products, electronic and
electrical machines and equipment, pharmaceuticals, machineries and equipment
used in agriculture, construction and oil production, IT products and services,
and equipment and spare parts used in the railway sector.
The two PMs committed to early determining procedures needed to be taken for
the import of Romania’s farm products into Vietnam and the entry of Vietnamese
farm produce in Romania.
The leaders hailed the initial positive outcomes in labour cooperation and
asserted their determination to launch the memorandum of understanding on
labour cooperation in order to accelerate their partnership in this potential
area, while sharing their interest in ratcheting up bilateral cooperation in
agriculture.
They agreed to boost cultural, sports and tourism exchanges to enhance mutual
understanding between their people towards the 70th anniversary of the two
countries’ diplomatic ties in 2020 and encouraged the implementation of
cooperation agreements between localities.
The leaders emphasized the importance of increasing consultancy and efficient
coordination at multilateral organizations and forums, especially the United
Nations, the Asia-Europe Meeting, and Francophonie.
They committed to maintaining peace, stability as well as international
security for the sake of all nations, and stressed their support for the
settlement of disputes by peaceful measures on the basis of international law,
including the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 (UNCLOS).
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc thanked the Romanian Government for facilitating the
Vietnamese community’s activities in Romania while PM Viorica Dancila spoke
highly of the contributions by the Vietnamese community to stepping up the
bilateral friendship.
The leaders were delighted at the outcomes of the official visit to Romania by
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc, considering it an important political event in the history
of the two countries’ relations and a new impulse to enhance the bilateral
relations across the board, according to the joint statement.
Source: VNA
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