VN-Colombia multifaceted relations promoted

VGP – Việt Nam and Colombia need to strengthen exchanges and boost up trade and investment promotion activities for their two-way trade turnover to further increase.

February 27, 2012 5:35 PM GMT+7

PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng receives Colombian FM Maria Angela Holguin, Hà Nội, February 27 – Photo: VGP/ Nhật Bắc

PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng made the statement at his reception for visiting Colombian FM Maria Angela Holguin on February 27.

The PM highly valued the agreement achieved in the Colombian FM’s talks with Vietnamese counterpart Phạm Bình Minh.

He urged the two sides to sign cooperative agreements on economic, oil and gas, agriculture, investment protection and education as well as create a legal framework to promote the two countries’ bilateral relations.

Việt Nam welcomes and will create favorable possible conditions for Colombian investors to do long-term investment in the country, he asserted.

He also asked Colombia to recognize Việt Nam as a market economy and support each other at all the multi-lateral forums, especially the United Nations.

The Colombian FM revealed that she will work and send the Vietnamese PM’s requests to Colombian functional agencies. She also expected that Việt Nam will pay due attention to developing Latin American and Southeast Asian inter-regional cooperation.

By Thùy Dung