Article by Belarusian Ambassador Uladzimir Baravikou to Việt Nam News on the Independence Day of Belarus.

The country is willing to participate in collective efforts to promote cooperation and mobilise resources to advance the current priority issues of developing countries

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee Tô Lâm, his spouse, and the Vietnamese high-ranking delegation left Minsk in the evening of Monday (local time), concluding their successful state visit to the Belarus at the invitation of President Alexander Lukashenko.

The Vietnamese Party General Secretary was accompanied by Belarusian Prime Minister Aleksandr Turchin.

The General Secretary emphasised that Việt Nam always attaches importance to the traditional friendship with Belarus, considering Belarus one of the important partners in the region.

Since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1992, Việt Nam and Belarus have maintained and developed the traditional friendship and multi-faceted cooperation with increasingly high political trust.

The visit showed that Việt Nam wants to further strengthen political trust between the two countries, identify orientations to bring the traditional friendship and Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Russia to new heights, strengthen the cooperative relationship between the Communist Party of Việt Nam and major political parties in Russia.

Vietnamese Party leader Tô Lâm’s visit holds great significance, and is expected open up a new chapter in bilateral relations, which were built on friendship, trust, assistance and mutual understanding.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Belarus Nguyễn Văn Ngự said that the visit is also expected to enhance the effectiveness of existing mechanisms, form new cooperation mechanisms, help ministries, agencies, localities and businesses of the two countries to better understand each other's potential, and seek more cooperation opportunities.

The Vietnamese ambassaodr underscored nuclear energy cooperation as a priority in bilateral relations. Beyond the construction of nuclear power plants, Russia could assist Việt Nam in developing an entire nuclear industry, enabling Việt Nam to enter a new phase of development.

Việt Nam and Azerbaijan share a long-standing bond, cultivated by President Hồ Chí Minh and Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev, and strengthened over the decades by successive leaders and their people.

The tour of Russia and the other three countries, which used to be part of the Soviet Union, especially the Central Asian and Caucasus countries, and have supported Việt Nam in the past struggles for national safeguarding in the past and the cause of national construction and defence at present, presents an occasion to affirm Việt Nam’s sincere and loyal ties, as well as its desire to promote long-term, effective, substantive and mutually beneficial cooperation.

Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Sivak hopes the two countries will continue to develop the free trade agreement between Việt Nam and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

They expressed their trust that under the new Party chief's leadership, Việt Nam will continue its achievements and strong relations with other countries.

The public security ministry must also study the issuance of visas on arrival at border gates, and the report must be submitted to the Prime Minister in the second quarter of 2024.

At the welcome ceremony, the two leaders inspected the guard of honour, and visited a photo exhibition featuring the land and people of Việt Nam and Belarus, and their good relations, jointly held by the Government Office and the Vietnam News Agency (VNA). After that, the two PMs held talks.

In an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency, Baravikou said the visit, to bemade at the invitation of PM Phạm Minh Chính, will be the first to Việt Nam by a Belarusian leader after the COVID-19 pandemic. The resumption of high-level political ties is of great significance.

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