Vietnam-Kazakhstan keen to provide new impetus to multifaceted partnership: Kazakh media
According to Kazakhstan's Astana Times, during the talks between Vietnam and Kazakh Foreign Ministers, the two sides are keen to provide new impetus to the two nations’ multifaceted partnership.
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| Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son receives Kazakhstan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi in Hanoi on August 18. (Photo: Tuan Anh) |
The site cited the ministry’s press service which said that Vietnam confirmed its participation in the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit, which will be held in October this year in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
The participation was confirmed during the first official visit of Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi to Hanoi on Aug. 18, according to the source.
The Astana Times highlighted the official parts of the visit, such as a wreath-laying ceremony at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum as well as the meetings between Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi and President of Vietnam Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh respectively.
During the meeting with Vietnam’s President, Tileuberdi praised the reforms carried out in Vietnam and encouraged him to enhance bilateral cooperation at the highest level, said the newspaper.
At the meeting with Vietnam’s Prime Minister, the politicians addressed economic partnership, highlighting the importance of increasing volumes of bilateral trade and investments.
Regarding the meeting with Foreign Affairs Minister of Vietnam Bui Thanh Son, Astana Times mentioned the discussion on political, trade, economic, investment and cultural cooperation between the two countries. The sides are keen to provide new impetus to the two nations’ multifaceted partnership, it noted.
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| Kazakhstan’s delegation held meetings with Vietnam’s high officials in Hanoi. (Photo: Tuan Anh) |
During the visit, Kazakh Deputy PM also discussed with Vietnam’s Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien about the upcoming meeting of the intergovernmental commission, which will be held in September in Hanoi.
The Kazakh delegation’s official visit schedule included meetings with the officials of Vietnam’s Finance Ministry, Vietnam Development Bank and managers of Crystal Bay travel company, Hanoi Chemical Club and Thai Binh Seed's leading rice cultivation institute.
According to Vietnamese VietJet Air low-cost airline Vice Chair Nguyen Thanh Hung, direct flights on the routes Almaty-Nha Trang and Nur-Sultan-Nha Trang will be launched in October this year. In early August, VietJet Air announced plans to resume regular passenger flights from Kamran to Almaty and Nur-Sultan, the site added.
(Source: Astana Times)
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