India considers Vietnam as important pillar in 'Act East' policy
WVR/VNA - Secretary (East) of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs Saurabh Kumar made the remarks in a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son in Hanoi on May 30.
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son receives Secretary (East) of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs Saurabh Kumar on May 30. (Photo: Tuan Anh) |
Kumar has been in Vietnam to co-chair the 12th Political Consultation and the 9th Strategic Dialogue between the two foreign ministries.
During the meeting, Son congratulated India on its important achievements in national construction and development, COVID-19 prevention and control, and economic recovery.
He suggested the two sides continue to work together to promote important cooperation pillars such as politics - diplomacy, defence - security, trade - investment, science - technology, culture and people-to-people exchange, especially tourism cooperation in the context that the two countries have opened their borders.
For his part, Kumar affirmed that India always considers Vietnam an important pillar in its "Act East" policy, and pledged to closely coordinate in further stepping up the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries in the time to come.
Son asked Kumar to convey his invitation to Indian Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar to visit Vietnam and co-chair the 18th meeting of the Vietnam-India Joint Committee on Economic, Commercial, Scientific and Technological Cooperation, scheduled to take place in the second half of 2022.
