Ambassador Nguyen Nam Duong presents Credentials to President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas

The Credentials Presentation Ceremony was held solemnly at the Presidential Palace of Palestine in Ramallah, West Bank. (Photo: Bao Chi)

The Credentials Presentation Ceremony was held solemnly at the Presidential Palace of Palestine in Ramallah, West Bank.

At the ceremony, President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed Ambassador Nguyen Nam Duong to his new role in the State of Palestine, extended New Year greetings to the leaders and people of Vietnam, and congratulated Vietnam on the successful organization of the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, re-electing Comrade To Lam as General Secretary and setting strategic development directions for Vietnam in the new phase.

President Mahmoud Abbas welcomes Ambassador Nguyen Nam Duong to his new role in the State of Palestine. (Photo: Bao Chi)

The Palestinian President also recalled his official friendly visit to Vietnam in May 2010, praised the significant achievements Vietnam has made in 40 years of Renewal, and affirmed that Vietnam serves as a model for other countries in the struggle for national independence and development, as well as in effectively mobilizing international support and solidarity.

For his part, Ambassador Nguyen Nam Duong expressed his honour to be appointed as Vietnam's Ambassador to the State of Palestine and to present the Credentials from the President of Vietnam to the President on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Binh Ngo 2026, a sacred holiday for all Vietnamese people.

The Ambassador affirmed his commitment to doing his utmost to contribute to promoting increasingly expansive and in-depth cooperation, corresponding to the rich tradition and political trust between the two countries.

Ambassador Nguyen Nam Duong presents the Credentials from President Luong Cuong to President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas. (Photo: Bao Chi)

Furthermore, the Ambassador emphasized Vietnam's consistent stance in supporting the just struggle of the Palestinian people, endorsing the two-state solution and full membership of Palestine at the United Nations, ensuring the inalienable national rights of the Palestinian people, including the right to establish an independent, sovereign State of Palestine with pre-1967 borders and East Jerusalem as its capital.

Ambassador Nguyen Nam Duong (center) visits the Museum of the late Chairman Yasser Arafat, an outstanding leader of the Palestinian people. (Photo: Bao Chi)

Prior to the Credentials Presentation Ceremony, on the same morning, Ambassador Nguyen Nam Duong visited the Yasser Arafat Museum, which displays memorabilia of the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), who led the Palestinian people's resistance for over 30 years.

The late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat had a special affection for Vietnam, particularly admiring Vietnam's struggle for independence, President Ho Chi Minh, and General Vo Nguyen Giap.

Ambassador Nguyen Nam Duong listens to an introduction about the life and struggle for Palestine's independence of the late Chairman Yasser Arafat. (Photo: Bao Chi)

Earlier, on February 16, Ambassador Nguyen Nam Duong held meetings with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Omar Awadallah, Director General of the Asia-Pacific Department Jamila Hassan Eragat, and attended a briefing on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip organized by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Palestine.

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During these meetings, the Ambassador discussed various issues of mutual concern and measures to enhance the effectiveness of bilateral cooperation and coordination at international forums.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Omar Awadallah highly valued and affirmed that Palestine treasures the traditional friendship with Vietnam and the political trust between the two countries, agreeing to nurture and pass on this fine foundation to the younger generations on both sides to continue to inherit and promote.

Deputy Minister Awadallah also expressed that the generations of Palestinian leaders and people always remember and appreciate Vietnam's valuable support for Palestine, hoping that Vietnam will continue to maintain this crucial support in the future.

Discussing international and regional issues of mutual concern, including the situation in the Gaza Strip, the Middle East, and multilateral mechanisms such as the United Nations and the Peace Council, the Ambassador reaffirmed Vietnam's consistent stance on the Palestine issue, emphasizing Vietnam's readiness to participate in the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip based on the actual situation and Vietnam's capabilities, ensuring the principles of respecting the independence and sovereignty of nations and international law, supporting the Palestinian Authority's important role in controlling and administering the Gaza Strip.

Ambassador Nguyen Nam Duong meets with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Palestine Omar Awadallah. (Photo: Bao Chi)

For his part, Deputy Minister Awadallah welcomed Vietnam's stance, stating that the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip requires substantial international support and expressing a desire for Vietnam to participate in areas where Vietnam has strengths and extensive experience.

The Ambassador and Director General of the Asia-Pacific Department Eragat also agreed that the two countries need to enhance economic cooperation to match the stature of their political relationship, affirming the facilitation of businesses and goods from both sides to penetrate each other's markets.

Ms. Eragat noted that although economic cooperation between the two sides is limited, once the conflict in the Gaza Strip ends, the situation will become more favorable for economic cooperation activities, creating conditions to enhance the organization of trade promotion events and connect businesses from both countries.

Ms. Eragat highly appreciated the results of educational cooperation and people-to-people exchanges in recent times, considering them effective bridges for the friendship between the two countries and peoples, expressing admiration for the number of Vietnamese students studying the Arabic language and culture, and considering this as evidence of the Vietnamese youth's interest in the Arab world, including Palestine.

Director General Eragat thanked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam for its initiative to coordinate with the Japan International Cooperation Agency to organize a training course for Palestinian officials at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam recently, proposing to expand international relations training programs for Palestine, enhance the organization of activities between friendship associations, solidarity organizations, student exchanges, cultural and sports exchanges... to increase understanding between the peoples of the two countries.

Looking back at history, Vietnam and Palestine have a solid foundation of relations, nurtured through many generations of revolutionaries. Since 1968, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam officially recognized the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Throughout the resistance against the United States, the struggle for national reunification, and the subsequent nation-building efforts, Vietnam has always received support and encouragement from generations of Palestinian leaders and people.

Immediately after the State of Palestine declared its establishment in November 1988, Vietnam was one of the first countries in the world to diplomatically recognize the State of Palestine. Over the past nearly four decades, the traditional friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Palestine have been continuously strengthened and developed.

The late Chairman Yasser Arafat, an outstanding leader of the Palestinian people, visited Vietnam 10 times, demonstrating deep affection and admiration for the Vietnamese people's liberation struggle.

During President Mahmoud Abbas's official visit to Vietnam in May 2010, the two sides signed several important agreements to serve as a basis for further promoting cooperation in various fields.

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