Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter voiced his country's wish to bolster more effective and stronger cooperation with Vietnam while meeting with Deputy Prime Minister cum Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh in Hanoi on June 2.
Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter voiced his country’s wish to bolster more effective and stronger cooperation with Vietnam while meeting with Deputy Prime Minister cum Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh in Hanoi on June 2.
The two diplomats agreed to strengthen visit exchanges, continue to implement political dialogue mechanisms between the two foreign ministries, and coordinate activities marking 45 years of diplomatic relations in 2016.
They also concurred to accelerate negotiations for an FTA between Vietnam and the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) which will help expand trade and investment cooperation between the two countries.
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Both sides were unanimous in offering mutual support at multilateral institutions such as the UN, ASEM, and UNESCO. Vietnam welcomed Switzerland’s efforts to increase cooperation with ASEAN and hoped that specific cooperative activities would be deployed as a foundation for the establishment of a partnership between Switzerland and ASEAN.
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They expressed their concerns over recent developments in the East Sea and underlined the need to ensure peace, stability, security, safety and freedom of navigation and aviation in line with international law, particularly the 1982 United Nations on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC).
(Source:VOV)
