Deputy PM Tran Luu Quang has a meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog

WVR/VNA - Vietnam attaches importance to consolidating and further developing friendship and cooperation with Israel, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang told Israeli President Isaac Herzog at their meeting on July 25.
Deputy PM Tran Luu Quang has a meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog
Deputy PM Tran Luu Quang has a meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog: Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang (L) and Israeli President Isaac Herzog at their meeting on July 25, 2023. (Photo: VNA)

At the meeting as part of his official visit to Israel, Deputy Prime Minister Quang expressed his pleasure to visit Israel on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Vietnam-Israel diplomatic relations.

To futher promote multi-faceted cooperation between the two countries, Deputy Prime Minister Quang suggested the two sides strengthen the exchange of high-level delegations.

He affirmed that Vietnam encourages and creates favourable conditions for Israeli businesses to strengthen cooperation with Vietnam, especially in areas that Israel is strong and Vietnam needs such as science - technology and innovation.

For his part, President Isaac Herzog expressed his respect for the history, land and people of Vietnam, and highly valued Vietnam's role and position as well as its remarkable socio-economic development in recent years.

He said that Deputy Prime Minister Quang’s Israel visit will open up good opportunities to enhance the multifaceted cooperation between the two countries.

During their meeting, the two sides discussed and agreed on specific measures to improve the efficiency of bilateral cooperation such as implementing the free trade agreement be signed during the visit, raising trade turnover, promoting investment and tourism cooperation, opening a direct route soon, creating favourable conditions for the issuance of visas for citizens of the two countries in order to boost people-to-people exchange and economic cooperation.

On this occasion, Deputy Prime Minister Quang conveyed the regards and invitation from President Vo Van Thuong to Israeli President Isaac Herzog to visit Vietnam soon. President Herzog accepted the invitation with pleasure.

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(Source: WVR/VNA)