Uruguay supports Vietnam’s negotiations of FTA with Mercosur: Uruguayan Foreign Minister
WVR/VNA - Uruguay will take the role as President of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) and continue to support Vietnam’s negotiations of a free trade agreement (FTA) with the bloc, Uruguayan Minister of Foreign Affairs Omar Paganini has said.
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On May 16, speaking at a reception for the Vietnamese Ambassador to Argentina and Uruguay Ngo Minh Nguyet who presented a copy of her credentials in Montevideo, the Uruguayan Minister emphasized that the country will work closely with the Vietnamese Embassy to promote stronger and more comprehensive relations between the two countries in the coming time.
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| Uruguay supports Vietnam’s negotiations of FTA with Mercosur: Vietnamese Ambassador to Argentina and Uruguay Ngo Minh Nguyet (L) presents a copy of her credentials to Uruguayan Minister of Foreign Affairs Omar Paganini in Montevideo on May 16, 2024. (Photo: WVR) |
The Minister noted that Uruguay wishes Vietnam to support and share experiences on the process of joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) as well as expanding collaboration in economy, commerce, and export of agricultural products.
On May 17, Ambassador Nguyet had a meeting with the Secretary General of the Communist Party of Uruguay Juan Castillo, and Central Committee member, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Anna Olivera Pesano, among others.
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| Uruguay supports Vietnam’s negotiations of FTA with Mercosur: On May 17, Ambassador Nguyet had a meeting with the Secretary General of the Communist Party of Uruguay Juan Castillo, and Central Committee member, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Anna Olivera Pesano, among others. (Photo: WVR) |
General Secretary Juan Castillo expressed his desire to further strengthen cooperation with agencies of the Communist Party of Vietnam and learn from Vietnam's valuable experiences in national construction and development.
In addition, the Communist Party of Uruguay is planning to build, publish, and popularise many documents on the history and development of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Vietnam, and President Ho Chi Minh in an attempt to enhance the understanding of Uruguayan people of the heroic history of Vietnam.
Ambassador Nguyet expressed appreciation to the Communist Party of Uruguay for its support to the revolutionary movement of the Party, State, and people of Vietnam as well as the Embassy of Vietnam in Argentina and Uruguay in carrying out activities to promote cooperation and Party-channel and people-to-people exchanges between the two countries.
Gustavo Cabrera, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Uruguay and Director of the Department of Economic Development of Montevideo city, handed to Nguyet a decision of the city on building a 500 Vietnamese cultural space near the international conventional center. The space includes a zone for commemorating President Ho Chi Minh who once arrived in ports in Uruguay and Argentina during his journey to seek ways to salvage the nation 112 years ago.
(Source: WVR/VNA)
